maybe "when you hit atmo" ?
'Sleeper'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
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No, but it's cheaper to ship the steaks than the cattle if that's the plan.
Yup. There's a lot of waste on a carcass.
Well, if you don't already have any heffers (is that the right term?) bull semen isn't going to do you much good.
ETA: Basically, I'm willing to handwave that the buyers had need of an actual herd, for whatever reason, rather than simply meat or breeding material.
Well, if you don't already have any heffers (is that the right term?) bull semen isn't going to do you much good.
I hear it's used in some wrinkle-fighting face creams, so it might not be a total loss even without cows handy.
Yup. There's a lot of waste on a carcass.
Not to mention the waste on the floor.
OTOH, you can use the carcass to make leather jackets and Jello.
And the rest is soup.
Or glue.
or Jell-O!
There's always room for pulverized, freeze-dried, fruit-flavored cow bits! Mmmmmm.