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LONDON -- Animals deserve their privacy too,Terms of service you know.

For the noble British cow, nothing could be more disrupting to an early afternoon riverside stroll than the sight of a pesky cameraman coming along to disturb the peace.

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Thankfully, it appears Google understands the need for bovine privacy.

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The image above is a screengrab from Google Street View, taken in Cambridge, UK, on the banks of the River Cam.

Unsurprisingly, the picture went down well on Twitter.

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Sadly, though, the cow's privacy isn't complete. A bit of Googling shows us that, mere moments before, the girthy beast was in plain view on the path.

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Then, moments later...

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To clear things up, the BBC got in touch with Google, which provided the following -- entirely on-point -- explanation.

"We thought you were pulling the udder one when we herd the moos, but it's clear that our automatic face-blurring technology has been a little overzealous," Google told the BBC.

"Of course, we don't begrudge this cow milking its five minutes of fame."

Can't really argue with that.

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