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An 18-month-old Cambodian boy has suckled milk directly from a cow, daily, for more than a month.

He is in fine health, the child’s grandfather says.     

The boy, Tha Sophat, made international headlines after his grandfather revealed he had been feeding himself directly from a cow since July when a storm destroyed his home storm and his parents left for Thailand to find work.     

After he stopped breast-feeding from his mother, the boy became ill, said the 46-year-old grandfather.      

But the boy watched a calf nurse from its mother, and began to do the same thing, feeding directly from the cow each day, Um Oeung added.

When the grandfather pulled him away, the boy cried, so he let him continue, Um Oeung told Reuters.      

Neighbours and local officials in the village of Pheas in Siem Reap province, about 315km (195 miles) from the capital Phnom Penh, say they are not happy about the nursing.     

“They blame me and have told me not to allow him to suckle from the cow anymore.

“They say the boy will be ashamed when he grows up and that he will be naughty,” he said.      

Since Saturday, he has limited the suckling to once a day.      

“His health is fine, he is strong,” said Um Oeung.   

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Sat May 25 05:33:43 SAST 2013 ::

Sep 12, 2011

nevus

tlogelang ngwana a anye maan,ha senye sepe sa motho mos.

They say the boy will be ashamed when he grows up and that he will be naughty
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they are naughty le ge ba antse bo mmabona
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Sep 12, 2011

2pont

2ND the person above is an a$$hole
between the two twins frm YFM who is the uglyiest
this story is really errelevent.......lots of ppl drink it stra8t frm the cows when the milk the cows emaplazini
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Sep 12, 2011

DeCock1

And they SA is the craziest....
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Sep 12, 2011

TheMrs01

aga shame this is so cute,,, pic 2 is the best,,
@nevus and he is doing nothing wrong he is getting all the nutrients,is not like he is stealing and the cow is willing to breasfeed
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Sep 12, 2011

MommaC

I think this poor kid will be more ashamed of his parents than his survival instincts.
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Sep 12, 2011

tpaz

Nice Boob job!
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Sep 12, 2011

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

What a resourceful and intelligent 18month old............. Iyo baby, you are fortunate that you are not lactose intolerant otherwise mama le papa ha ba kgutla Thailand ne ba ilo go binela "re ba fite lefatsheng"

Ho*re o katla MoMzanso o tlo ruta dingudo ka ho pahnda, instead of ho batla digrant........ Motho wa teng o thole a lemetse a tlhotsa (which is temporary) se a batla disability grant
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Sep 12, 2011

DeCock1

2pont

Are you talking about KHOROMMBI...????
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Sep 12, 2011

Vongsta

Eish mara....the next thing it will be fine for him to shag the cow....... Mxm!
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Sep 12, 2011

DeCock1

TheMrs01

I think lots of the ladies like sucking on 'things' for 'nutrition' (condensed milk) thus they see nothing wrong with the story....sucki sucki anyone?
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