Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/08/17/painting-fake-eyes-on-cattle.html
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I am happy to see that farmers are finally learning from the technique that Babar the Elephant adopted many years ago to end the war with the rhinoceroses.
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might be a useful conservation measure.
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What kind of brush do you use on feathers?
Asking for the remainder of my flock.
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And once again, googly eyes do the trick!
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Might have to try that on my own butt. I could use a break.
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Don’t some surfers paint eyes on the bottom of their surfboards to deter sharks?
And Kraken presumably.
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I definitely don’t like my food to be looking back at me, but I suspect the feline rationale for not eating these particular cows is “whew…if their breath smells that bad they’re bound to be tainted meat!”
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Hah! Beat me to it.
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This is really cool!
But I’m not sure if this statement is true:
My part-Maine coon cat has markings that look just like open eyes on his forehead when his eyes are closed. I don’t have a good image, but there’s this:
Those ear tips look a lot like eye spots.
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Also works for turning cats into small mammoths.
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"I didn’t think leopards would eat my cattle’s butt!
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So that’s why Greek galleys had those! To discourage attacks by sea monsters. Scylla, etc.
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Seems like the Greeks like to put eyes on everything! Those glass rondelles are ubiquitous. Maybe they like being watched? /s
what would you call reverse voyeurism? window dressers? exhibitionists?
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Pareidoliacs.
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The power of Stink-Eye!
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Yeah, because just being a friggin’ Tiger just isn’t enough for some bad-asses. 
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This is not some new revelation- folks in Sunderban Bengal area know this most acutely:
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