By Tim Binnall
A cow in Brazil has become a viral sensation and saw its life spared after it escaped from a slaughterhouse and somehow wound up on a waterpark slide. The animal's wild adventure reportedly occurred earlier this month in the community of Nova Granada. Set to be processed for its meat, the brazen bovine managed to flee the building wherein its final days were to be spent and ventured over to a neighboring waterpark known as Indaia Club de Campo, where it was discovered 'riding' down a rather sizeable slide.
The cow's descent was not quite as smooth as that of its human counterparts as workers who spotted the creature shut off the water on the attraction in order to protect the animal from slipping. As such, it was left to clumsily climb down the huge blue structure to a small pool at the bottom. Despite the bovine's less-than-thrilling 'ride,' the great escape led to it becoming something of a star on social media when the unfathomable footage of a cow on a waterslide went viral.
In response to his cow's newfound celebrity status, its owner declared that the creature would not be slaughtered and, instead, he has decided to turn the animal into an attraction. "The people want to know where he is," marveled Carlos Miguel Serante, "Everyone wants to know. We want to take him to the club." While it remains to be seen whether or not the cow turns up on a dance floor in the future, at the very least the creature now has a name as its owner has dubbed it 'Tobogã' which is the Portuguese word for 'slide.'