JAKARTA - Near Broome, a city often a tourist destination for Australians, there is a lagoon. This lagoon or lake near the beach becomes an area where dogs swim with their owners.

But lately there's been something different. They also look at small brown, small cows playing here.

Peanut the calf who thinks he's a dog

His name is Peanut. He was a brahman calf. He was named peanut because of a small hump on his back.

Peanut, who is two months old, lives in a small suburb near Broome. He shares a living area with pigs, chickens, peacocks, six dogs, and his owner, Edward Foy.

"So far, he thinks he is a dog," Edward said as reported by VOI from the Youtube channel, Studio 10.

"He's still learning who he is and what."

"His mother was hit by a truck or a car and he was circling while sniffing his mother's body," Edward said.

Every day, Peanut drinks up to 16 liters of "calf-only formula milk" that costs more than A$250, or more than Rp2.5 million a month.

Even so, according to Edward, Peanut is worth the price they have to pay.

Although still small his appetite is large

Every day, Peanut drinks up to 16 liters of "cow-only formula milk" that costs more than 250 Australian dollars or more than Rp 2.5 million a month.

However, says Edward, Peanut is worth the price they have to pay. This little cow is not the first pet edward's family has.

"We used to have a pet cow, his name was Philip," he said.

"We've had it for 26 years... he used to chew my mother's vegetable tree."

Like other similar cows, Peanut has the potential to continue to grow until he weighs 900 kilograms. But Edward says Peanut doesn't behave like a cow does. Probably because of the methods he grew up with.

"He's never seen another cow before, so maybe he thinks of a dog and he's got the same personality as a dog," Edward said.

"Usually I walk with him down the beach and he will follow me along the way as I go fishing."

About the future of a calf that thinks it's a dog

When Peanut grows up, his horns can be dangerous. But Edward said he would feel guilty if he had to repeal it and now had a solution.

"I would use two buoy sticks swimming from foam and stick them on both horns," he said.

"So when he ducks us, it will feel like soft rubber."

Edward wishes he and Peanut could live long and live happily together.

"Hopefully in the future I can ride it through the liquor store," he said.

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