Many possibilities but all of them agreed it wasn’t the heat.
Heat doesn't just kill directly. There are pests that grow in water during extreme heat. It turns stomachs and cows use bacteria to digest their food. Heat causes certain genetically modified grasses to become cyanotic. Releases of toxic chemicals/toxic blooms from ground cracking during the heat. Lightning strikes in a feed lot, especially when the ground is compacted from heat/foot prints and water can't drain into the soil.
There are lots of reasons, but heat is a good general idea.
Heat doesn't just kill directly. There are pests that grow in water during extreme heat. It turns stomachs and cows use bacteria to digest their food. Heat causes certain genetically modified grasses to become cyanotic. Releases of toxic chemicals/toxic blooms from ground cracking during the heat. Lightning strikes in a feed lot, especially when the ground is compacted from heat/foot prints and water can't drain into the soil.
There are lots of reasons, but heat is a good general idea.
No, added more context. Because the idiot was so certain it wasn't the heat, but it clearly is the fucking heat one way or another.
Forgot to add in the original post and it was long enough already.