Photo of the Week: Animals Don't Observe Daylight Savings Time

Reader Contribution by Aaron Harris
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Have you ever wondered why your cow is mad at you when you show up to milk her right on time, the same time you do every day? If it was yesterday, November 6th, it’s probably because you were an hour late.

Daylight Savings Time. We love it in the fall, hate it in the summer. Regardless of our feelings toward it, however, it is still a man-made phenomenon. Nature didn’t plug it into our mindset; we did that ourselves. We decided it was more important to have more daylight to get work done.

The animals in our lives don’t feel that way. As one keen editor here at MOTHER EARTH NEWS put it, “Animals don’t observe Daylight Savings Time.” They are used to eating, exercising, and being milked at certain times. Whether it be an hour early or hour late, we throw that schedule off with daylight savings time. It may only be for a day or week, but don’t be surprised if the cow/cat/chickens are mad at you for being late this week. They’ll eventually get on the same schedule, but you’re going to know they don’t appreciate it.

So often we forget that many of the things that come naturally and so easily to us humans do not fit so naturally with our natural surroundings. The sun is going to rise regardless of what time we think it should. The cow is going to be milked. The morning may come sooner than wanted if we forget to wake up for the anxious cat. And that rooster. He’s going to crow at the same time whether you like it or not.

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