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As the cold of winter rolls in, we can all empathise with the struggle of peeling away from warm slumber to enter yet another daily slog.
Okay, some of you enjoy our jobs – good for you, you must be so chuffed that you’re winning at Capitalism.
The rest of us find the constant grind exhausting, and one little-known dairy cow on an island in the English Channel has racked up global sympathy for wanting to snooze the alarm rather than get up for work.
Doris, the dairy cow is part of a 200-strong herd on an Isle of Wight dairy farm and has single-handedly attracted 1,9 million views on TikTok for her sneaky sleepy way of avoiding milking on a cold morning.
The viral video was taken by farmhand John Brodie trying to coax an unenthusiastic-looking Doris outside one morning around two weeks ago, per BBC:
The video was shot by Mr Brodie at Reads Farm near Newport purely with the intention of entertaining his wife Laura.
“Laura thought it was funny and put it on TikTok – I didn’t even know about it,” he said.
Mr Brodie said the footage demonstrated how Doris was “more person than cow”, and everyone who has seen the video agrees, with some commenting “I identify as Doris,” while others claimed the cow as their own “spirit animal”.
We all have a little Doris in us:
@laurabrodie3 Her face at the end, love Doris #cow #cows #cowsoftiktok #farming #foryou #fyp #britishfarming #cutenessoverloaded #farmlife ♬ original sound – Laura & John Brodie
When Radio One DJ Greg James played the video audio on his breakfast show the following day, thousands tuned in to express their sympathy for Doris’ reluctance to get up so early:
Mr Brodie was subsequently interviewed on CNN, telling reporter Jeanne Moos about how Doris always had a tendency to be “cheeky”.
He told the BBC the attention had been “crazy” and that messages about Doris had been received “from literally everywhere”.
Since then, the farming couple has given us all more Doris content:
@laurabrodie3 Doris lapping up all the attention 🥰 whos up for a doris Interview 😆😂 #AnimalsOfTikTok #Animal #AnimalLife #FarmersOfTikTok #BritishFarming #FarmLife #DairyFarm #Cows #dorisdairycow #FarmingLife #HappyCows #FarmAnimalTikTok #CuteFarmAnimals ♬ original sound – Laura & John Brodie
Mr Brodie said he loved the bond he had built up with Doris. Indeed, the pair appear to have a fun friendship:
@laurabrodie3 Replying to @Katie France more of Doris daily antics 😂🐄 #CuteFarmAnimals #HappyCows #CowsOfTikTok #CattleLife #FarmLife #FarmAnimalTikTok #AnimalFarm #CowTikTokVideo #CuteCows #britishfarming #britishfarmers #dairycow #dairyfarm ♬ original sound – Laura & John Brodie
It’s so sweet seeing the relationships farmers create with their animals. Almost makes you not want to eat them, doesn’t it?
[source:bbc]
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