User blog comment:Loney 97/tfw all the people you know are gorgeous/@comment-5111283-20150622022450/@comment-26479618-20150622133654

@Kira

In this case, yes, "cannibal" is incorrect as cows do not directly consume the flesh of other cows. I do not see how the word "cannibal" is mistaken for "carnivore" in this context, and cows are primarily herbivores.

However, the decomposed remains of cows do not become "bacteria and fungi", rather the bacteria and fungi break down their remains into simpler molecules that are used by plants to become part of their bodies. So essentially, a cow could be eating a blade of grass with carbon atoms that originally came from another cow.

No offense to cows, but I do not think they possess the neural capacity to gain a guilty conscience over this.