Oh, I see now, thx.

For me (how I perceived the simplified pic) the main difference was that I didn't think 'in a pen on a farm' but 'on a planet'.
And your example also screams of 'it's not comparable, don't do that, in what scenario would you need a number 241 that would made sense?'
(I really can't think of on answer short of making a Twitch channel for each individual animal.)

Also that question is leading bcs you ask how many, whereas the pic in the post doesn't specifically say anything (which is the complaint as I gather - but we deduct the meaning of words from context all the time in all languages, if the 'by individual' doesn't make sense, it's obviously not that).

you have 240 rats and one cow in a pen on a farm

Do you not think the farmer saying he has 241 animals would be made fun of?