What are "Super Cow Powers" and why doesn't my aptitude have them?

sudo aptitude help
aptitude 0.4.11.11
Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i] aptitude [options] <action> ... Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode): ... This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers.

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I think it's referring to apt-get moo:

$ apt-get moo (__) (oo) /------\/ / | || * /\---/\ ~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...

To quote Wikipedia:

aptitude states that, unlike Advanced Packaging Tool, it "does not have Super Cow Powers". In apt-get "super cow powers" can be found by issuing the command apt-get moo. However, in aptitude issuing moo will give the user a prompt saying there are no easter eggs.

However, by issuing aptitude -v moo, then aptitude -vv moo, and so on the user will see a series of statements telling them to go away, some ending with a picture not unlike the original apt-get easter egg. Different versions of the program have different sequences.

And, as wRAR commented, the term “Super Cow Powers” is a direct quote from apt-get --help:

This APT has Super Cow Powers.

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Not so well known, but there is also ip moo:

 _ __ ___ ___ ___
| '_ ` _ \ / _ \ / _ \
| | | | | | (_) | (_) |
|_| |_| |_|\___/ \___/
P.S. no real cows were harmed for this moo

Cows have been hidden as easter eggs in pinball games.

While inspecting around it ,just have a look at the easter-eggs

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Please use this:

aptitude -v moo
aptitude -vvvvv moo
aptitude -vvvvvv moo

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