I wonder what the rationale was for the teats. It seems a very odd mistake to make, much less carry through to the point where it's too expensive to fix.

Maybe they were afraid noone would know it's cow unless the teats were there.

I wonder what the rationale was for the teats.

IIRC, it's because male cows with teats are, and I quote, "fucking funny".

Yep. From a discussion on LJ:

'Actually, the exec producer on Barnyard came to my class and gave a lecture last semester. The rationale for male cows with udders (that's apparently how the staff refers to them, so they are not "girl cows with guy voices" or whatever, in their eyes), per Steve Oedekerk himself, is, and I quote:

"Male cows with udders are fucking funny."

They are a Race Unto Themselves, Aaron claims; they had a run-in with the studio's Standards and Practices department, demanding to know if there was a Transsexual Agenda Being Promoted Here. Steve told them the above quote and promptly declined to discuss with with them further.

Hope that clears that case up, at least.'

I wonder what the rationale was for the teats.

My guess is that the male alternative, when walking around on two legs, was pretty darn obscene.

From looking at the picture, it occurs to me that the bulls should have schlongs right there. Maybe they decided it was better for rubberised boobies to be exposed than alternative gender-related organs.

it's because male cows with teats are, and I quote, "fucking funny".

But aren't there bulls in the movie? That's just weird.

demanding to know if there was a Transsexual Agenda Being Promoted Here.

Heh. That thought had crossed my mind too, in moments when I decided to charitably assume the filmmakers were being subversive instead of dense.

so what is Pluto?

Maybe not a planet anymore, according to the Science Channel show I watched last night.

I wonder if enough moviegoers will find male cows with teats "fucking funny" to make this movie its money back.

Alas, probably.