What Is This Cow Hiding?

A UK cow has captured the world’s heart — even without a visible face.

The bovine’s face is blurred out on Google Streetview, Guardian opinion editor David Shariatmadari noticed. He tweeted the image on Monday, noting, “Great to see Google takes cow privacy seriously.”

Other faces of other cows nearby, a quick glance at Street View shows, are totally exposed to the internet’s prying eyes.

By Friday, the story was everywhere. Outlets like ABC News, the BBC and NPR all questioned Google, which sent them a corny prepared statement that, even if you like puns, will probably make you want to vomit:

We thought you were pulling the udder one when we herd the moos, but it’s clear that our automatic face-blurring technology has been a little overzealous. Of course, we don’t begrudge this cow milking its five minutes of fame.

OK, fine, we won’t begrudge them some puns. That said, the real story here seems to be how nice Coe Fen looks, where you can apparently bike and frolic in an idyllic park among a bunch of adorable cows.