diff --git a/cows/apt.cow b/cows/apt.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95d5753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/apt.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+       $thoughts (__)
+         ($eyes)
+   /------\\/
+  / |    ||
+ *  /\\---/\\
+    ~~   ~~
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/bender.cow b/cows/bender.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3cd38f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/bender.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+$the_cow = <<EOC;
+   $thoughts
+    $thoughts
+     ( )
+      H
+      H
+     _H_
+  .-'-.-'-.
+ /         $thoughts
+|           |
+|   .-------'._
+|  / /  '.' '. $thoughts
+|  $thoughts $thoughts @   @ / /
+|   '---------'
+|    _______|
+|  .'-+-+-+|
+|  '.-+-+-+|
+|    """""" |
+'-.__   __.-'
+     """
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/calvin.cow b/cows/calvin.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cc2ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/calvin.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+##
+##
+##
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+ $thoughts                   .,
+   $thoughts         .      .TR   d'
+     $thoughts      k,l    .R.b  .t .Je
+       $thoughts   .P q.   a|.b .f .Z%		
+           .b .h  .E` # J: 2`     .
+      .,.a .E  ,L.M'  ?:b `| ..J9!`.,
+       q,.h.M`   `..,   ..,""` ..2"`
+       .M, J8`   `:       `   3;
+   .    Jk              ...,   `^7"90c.
+    j,  ,!     .7"'`j,.|   .n.   ...
+   j, 7'     .r`     4:      L   `...
+  ..,m.      J`    ..,|..    J`  7TWi
+  ..JJ,.:    %    $eyes      ,. ....,
+    .,E      3     7`g.M:    P  41
+   JT7"'      O.   .J,;     ``  V"7N.
+   G.           ""Q+  .Zu.,!`      Z`
+   .9.. .         J&..J!       .  ,:
+      7"9a                    JM"!
+         .5J.     ..        ..F`
+            78a..   `    ..2'
+                J9Ksaw0"'
+               .EJ?A...a.
+               q...g...gi
+              .m...qa..,y:
+              .HQFNB&...mm
+               ,Z|,m.a.,dp
+            .,?f` ,E?:"^7b
+            `A| . .F^^7'^4,
+             @9@mmBmmmmmQM$
+             ..MMMMMMMMMMMQzna,
+         ...f"A.JdT     J:    Jp,
+          `JNa..........A....af`
+               `^^^^^'`
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/cock.cow b/cows/cock.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a31cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/cock.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+    $thoughts
+     $thoughts  /\\/\\
+       \\   /
+       |  0 >>
+       |___|
+ __((_<|   |
+(          |	
+(__________)	
+   |      |
+   |      |
+   /\\     /\\
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/duck.cow b/cows/duck.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd0b685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/duck.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# provided by Gürkan Sengün <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch>
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+ $thoughts
+  $thoughts
+   $thoughts >()_
+      (__)__ _
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/fry.cow b/cows/fry.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5302f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/fry.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+$the_cow = <<EOC;
+   $thoughts
+    $thoughts
+             u
+      .  x!X
+    ."X M~~>
+   d~~XX~~~k    .u.xZ `\ \ "%
+  d~~~M!~~~?..+"~~~~~?:  "    h
+ '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~?      `
+ 4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>     '
+ ':~~~~~~~~~~(X+"" X~~~~>    xHL
+  %~~~~~(X="      'X"!~~% :RMMMRMRs
+   ^"*f`          ' (~~~~~MMMMMMMMMMMx
+     f     /`   %   !~~~~~MMMMMMMMMMMMMc
+     F    ?      '  !~~~~~!MMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
+    ' .  :": "   :  !X""(~~?MMMMMMMMMMMMMMh
+    'x  .~  ^-+="   ? "f4!*  #MMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
+     /"               .."     `MMMMMMMMMMMMMM
+     h ..             '         #MMMMMMMMMMMM
+     f                '          (MMMMMMMMMMM
+   :         .:=""     >       dMMMMMMMMMMMMM
+   "+mm+=~("           RR     HMMMMMMMMMMMMM"
+           %          (MMNmHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMF
+          uR5         dMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMF
+        dMRMM>       dMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMF
+       RMHMMMF=x..=" RMRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMF
+      MMMMMMM       'MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMF
+     dMMRMMMK       'MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM"
+     RMMRMMME       3MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
+    XMMMMMMM>       9MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM~
+   'MMMMMMMM>       9MMMMMMMMMMMMMMF
+   tMMMMMMMM        9MMMMMMMMMMMMMM
+   MMMMMMMMM        9MMMMMMMMMMMMMM
+  'MMMMRMMMM        9MMMMMMMMMMMMM9
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/gnu.cow b/cows/gnu.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7186c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/gnu.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+## vim:ft=perl:
+## GNU/say - (c) 2006 Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>
+##               distributed under the WTFPLv2 license
+##
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+    $thoughts               ,-----._
+  .  $thoughts         .  ,'        `-.__,------._
+ //   $thoughts      __\\\\'                        `-.
+((    _____-'___))                           |
+ `:='/     (alf_/                            |
+ `.=|      |='                               |
+    |)   O |                                  \\
+    |      |                               /\\  \\
+    |     /                          .    /  \\  \\
+    |    .-..__            ___   .--' \\  |\\   \\  |
+   |o o  |     ``--.___.  /   `-'      \\  \\\\   \\ |
+    `--''        '  .' / /             |  | |   | \\
+     $tongue          |  | / /              |  | |   mmm
+                 |  ||  |              | /| |
+                 ( .' \\ \\              || | |
+                 | |   \\ \\            // / /
+                 | |    \\ \\          || |_|
+                /  |    |_/         /_|
+               /__/
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/leela.cow b/cows/leela.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..935189a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/leela.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+$the_cow = <<EOC;
+             $thoughts
+              $thoughts
+
+                    '#%n.
+            ..++!%+:/X!!?:              .....
+              "X!!!!!!!!!!?:       .+?!!!!!!!!!?h.
+              X!!!!!!!!!!!!!k    n!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?:
+             !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!tMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?:
+            X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!5MMM``""%X!!!!!!!!!!!T4XL
+            !!!!!!!!!X*")!!!!!!!?L       %X!!!!!!!!!k `
+           '!!!!!!X!`   !!XX!!!!!!L       'X!!!!!!!!!>
+           'X!!!!M`    '" X!!!!!!!X        !!!!!!!!!!X
+            X!!!f^~('>   X!!!!!!!!!        '!!!!!!!!!X
+            X!!X     `.  X!!!!!!!!f        '!!!!!!!!!!
+            !Xf  O    '  '!!!!!!X"         '!!!!!!!!!X
+           "`f-.     :~  MX*t!X"           X!!!!!!!!!>
+             >.         W! ~!             '!!!!!!!!!X
+            :`             ':             X!!!!!!!!!!
+            ~ ^`          '              '!!!!!!!!!X
+            `~~~~~~~~     !              X!!!!!!!!!X
+                `~~~      !             '!!!!!!!!!!>
+                  >       !             (!!!!!!!!!X
+                          !             !!!!!!!!!!X
+                  >       '             '!!!!!!!!!!
+                .:         /:`^-.        X!!!!!!!!!>
+           /`  ~/         /(     `:       X!!!X!!!!!:
+         /   : f         f'        !       `XX!M!!!!!%
+        ~   / ~        :  >         4            "*!!!*
+       ~   ~ '        ~   >          :
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/mech-and-cow.cow b/cows/mech-and-cow.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bb022a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/mech-and-cow.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+## mecha cow!
+##
+## Patch from Thom May
+$the_cow = <<EOC;
+                                   ,-----.
+                                   |     |
+                                ,--|     |-.
+                         __,----|  |     | |
+                       ,;::     |  `_____' |
+                       `._______|    i^i   |
+                                `----| |---'| .
+                           ,-------._| |== ||//
+                           |       |_|P`.  /'/
+                           `-------' 'Y Y/'/'
+                                     .==\ /_\
+   ^__^                             /   /'|  `i
+   (oo)\_______                   /'   /  |   |
+   (__)\       )\/\             /'    /   |   `i
+       ||----w |           ___,;`----'.___L_,-'`\__
+       ||     ||          i_____;----\.____i""\____\
+
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/pony-smaller.cow b/cows/pony-smaller.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1311d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/pony-smaller.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+##
+## A Pony!
+## Copyright 2010 Nick Daly <nick.m.daly@gmail.com>
+## Released under the same terms as cowsay
+##
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+     $thoughts      _^^
+      $thoughts   _- $eyes\\
+          \\----- \\______
+           $tongue   \\       )\\
+                ||-----|| \\
+                ||     ||
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/pony.cow b/cows/pony.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c14ff36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/pony.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#
+# A (big) pony!
+# Copyright 2010 Nick Daly <nick.m.daly@gmail.com>
+# Released under the same terms as cowsay
+#
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+       $thoughts          /\\/\\
+        $thoughts         \\/\\/
+         $thoughts        /   -\\
+          $thoughts     /  $eyes   -\\
+           $thoughts  /           \\
+             |    ---\\    -\\
+             \\--/     \\     \\
+              $tongue       |      -\\
+                        \\       -\\         -------------\\    /-\\
+                         \\        \\-------/              ---/    \\
+                          \\                                  |\\   \\
+                           |                                 / |  |
+                           \\                                |  \\  |
+                            |                              /    \\ |
+                            |                             /     \\ |
+                             \\                             \\     \\|
+                              -              /--------\\    |      o
+                               \\+   +---------          \\   |
+                                |   |                   |   \\
+                                |   |                    \\   |
+                                |   |                    |   \\
+                                |   |                     \\   |
+                                 \\  |                     |   |
+                                 |  |                      \\  \\
+                                 |  |                      |   |
+                                 +--+                       ---+
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/snowman.cow b/cows/snowman.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86bb44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/snowman.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# a snowman
+# (c) 2009 chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org>
+# published under the same terms as cowsay or cc-by-3.0, at your discretion
+$the_cow = <<EOF
+   $thoughts
+ ___###
+   /$eyes\\ |||
+   \\$tongue/ \\|/
+   /""\\  I
+()|    |(I)
+   \\  /  I
+  /""""\\ I
+ |      |I
+ |      |I
+  \\____/ I
+EOF
diff --git a/cows/sodomized-sheep.cow b/cows/sodomized-sheep.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6a0af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/sodomized-sheep.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+##
+## The non-flaming sheep.
+##
+$the_cow = <<EOC
+  $thoughts                 __ 
+   $thoughts               (${eyes})
+    $thoughts              (${tongue})
+     $thoughts             /--\\
+       __         / \\  \\ 
+      U${eyes}U\\.'\@\@\@\@\@\@`.\\  )
+      \\__/(\@\@\@\@\@\@\@\@\@\@) /
+           (\@\@\@\@\@\@\@\@)(( 
+           `YY~~~~YY' \\\\
+            ||    ||   >> 
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/suse.cow b/cows/suse.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4197eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/suse.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+## vim:ft=perl:
+## SuSE thingy - (c) 2006 Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>
+##                   distributed under the WTFPLv2 license
+##
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+  $thoughts
+   ${thoughts}____
+  /@    ~-.
+  \\/ __ .- |
+   // //  @
+EOC
+
diff --git a/cows/unipony-smaller.cow b/cows/unipony-smaller.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ffad9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/unipony-smaller.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#
+# A (smaller) unipony!
+# Copyright 2010 Nick Daly <nick.m.daly@gmail.com>
+# Released under the same terms as cowsay
+#
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+   $thoughts        \\
+    $thoughts        \\
+     $thoughts       _\\^
+      $thoughts    _- $eyes\\
+           \\---- \\______
+            $tongue   \\       )\\
+                ||-----||  \\
+                ||     ||
+EOC
diff --git a/cows/unipony.cow b/cows/unipony.cow
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e597ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cows/unipony.cow
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#
+# A (big) pony!
+# Copyright 2010 Nick Daly <nick.m.daly@gmail.com>
+# Released under the same terms as cowsay
+#
+$the_cow = <<"EOC";
+   $thoughts             \\
+    $thoughts             \\_
+     $thoughts             \\\\
+      $thoughts             \\\\/\\
+       $thoughts            _\\\\/
+        $thoughts         /   -\\
+         $thoughts      /  $eyes   -\\
+          $thoughts   /           \\
+             |    ---\\    -\\
+             \\--/     \\     \\
+              $tongue       |      -\\
+                        \\       -\\         -------------\\    /-\\
+                         \\        \\-------/              ---/    \\
+                          \\                                  |\\   \\
+                           |                                 / |  |
+                           \\                                |  \\  |
+                            |                              /    \\ |
+                            |                             /     \\ |
+                             \\                             \\     \\|
+                              -              /--------\\    |      o
+                               \\+   +---------          \\   |
+                                |   |                   |   \\
+                                |   |                    \\   |
+                                |   |                    |   \\
+                                |   |                     \\   |
+                                 \\  |                     |   |
+                                 |  |                      \\  \\
+                                 |  |                      |   |
+                                 +--+                       ---+
+EOC