June 1st, 2008 admin

Cow Tipping - Is it real?

The following was taken directly from wikipedia. The content may or may not reflect my own personal opinion:

Cow tipping is an activity performed by sneaking up on an upright cow and pushing it over for fun. The popular explanation is that the cow should be sleeping; in reality cows do not sleep standing up.

According to popular belief, cows can easily be pushed over without much force because they are slow-moving, slow-witted and weak-legged, have a high-centre of gravity and sleep standing up. However, in reality, there are factors that make success in this effort very unlikely, which is why many have termed cow-tipping an urban legend.

A variety of calculations have been performed, sometimes with humorous intent, to determine if cow tipping is physically possible.  A study from the University of British Columbia concludes that cow tipping by a single person is impossible.

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May 30th, 2008 admin

Amazing Cow Facts

Looking for content for a cow blog, I naturally thought of resourcing cow facts. It’s surprising how much cow crap is out there. I’ve listed some of the more interesting facts below:

• The first cow in America arrived in Jamestown colony in 1611. Until the 1850’s, nearly every family had its own cow. The first regular shipment of milk by railroad was between Orange County, New York, and New York City and began in 1841.
• Cows are milked for an average of 3-4 years. A cow must have a calf in order to produce milk. Calves are fed milk until they are 8-9 weeks old.
• Cows are ruminants, which are cud chewing mammals. Sheep and camels also are ruminants. A cow chews her cud (regurgitated, partially digested food) for up to 8 hours each day.
• Contrary to popular belief, cows do not have 4 stomachs; they have 4 digestive compartments.
• A Holsteins spots are like fingerprints. No two cows have the same spots.
• A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
• Cows produce up to 64qts of milk a day, 14lbs of cheese, 5 gallons of icecream or 6lbs of butter.
• The average cow produces 30lbs of urine and 65lbs pounds of cowpies daily.
• Cows drink 30 gallons of water a day.
• A cow doesn’t bite the grass that feeds her, she curls her tongue around it.