Why does Google Maps censor cows? This is the truth [PHOTOS]

Google Maps is the application where thousands of people can help each other find an address, as well as take a certain route that allows them to avoid traffic, toll booths, among other things.

Thanks to its Street View service, Google Maps shows you the city as if you were walking in it. You can see not only your workplace, your girlfriend's house, but also your home. To do this, just enter your address and move Pegman, the little yellow man, on the map.

But just as one can observe on a large scale all the streets in the world, the Mountain View company has another curiosity. They always try to blur people's faces to protect their privacy. But not only that, they also blur house addresses and license plates of cars.

However, there is one fact that attracts more attention from its users. Why does Google Maps also blur the face of cows?

Some years ago, Google Maps had blurred the face of a cow, so several people wondered why it does that. (Photo: Google)

Several photos of cattle on Street View have been subjected to the pixelation process, for some strange reason. This was noticed by British journalist of The Guardian, David Shariatmadari, who tweeted a photo of a cow with a blurred face.

"It's great to see that Google takes cows' privacy seriously," was the ironic message that the journalist shared on his Twitter account.

A Google spokesperson explained to Npr that this happens due to the extensive work their automated system does. Google states that the technology has been designed to "blur identifiable faces and license plates in the images provided by Google Maps."

Did you notice this detail? For now, some cows that have been captured by Google Maps still have this problem. Maybe they're mammals of famous owners.