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Lightning strikes only once _ but kills 52 cows

Montevideo : Uruguay | about 1 year ago  
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  • Lightning strikes only once _ but kills 52 cows
    Lightning strikes only once _ but kills 52 cows
    Posted by: trueidentity
    Lightning strikes only once _ but kills 52 cows
Lightning strikes only once _ but kills 52 cows

Lightning struck only once - but 52 cows are dead at an Uruguayan ranch. The newspaper El Pais reports that the cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose.

A photograph released by the San Jose Police Department shows the black and brown cows lying dead in a long row.

The newspaper said Friday that veterinarians at the scene confirmed the cause of the deaths, which happened Wednesday. The veterinarians told the newspaper that cows often crowd around fences to seek protection during storms.

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