YOU SAID:
I watched a cow eat a ear.
INTO JAPANESE
牛が耳を食べるのを見ました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I saw a cow eating ears.
INTO JAPANESE
牛が耳を食べているのを見ました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I saw a cow eating his ears.
INTO JAPANESE
牛が耳を食べているのを見ました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I saw a cow eating his ears.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.