2007-09-08 01:35:56 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Hey, Unc! That's called Cow Tipping... I heard about it as a kid and was told it was a fun thing farm boys did to keep themselves entertained on a Saturday night after some drinking.
The responder who said it was a prank played on city boys by farm boys was probably correct as to it's real origin. It really hurts to be cow side-kicked.
I don't know if my cows sleep standing, but I DO know they have a good sense of smell and, like my dogs, are not likely to be sneaked up on without waking them up. They will either hear you or smell you and wake up. It's easy to spook a cow and they DO side-kick with a tremendous amount of force.
I have seen a cow knocked over... by another cow! But they won't let a human that close to them.
2007-09-08 02:00:44 · answer #1 · answered by Nedra E 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cow tipping is an alleged activity performed by participants who sneak up on an upright, sleeping cow and push it over for amusement. There are factors which make success in this unlikely, and a variety of calculations have been applied to determine if cow tipping is physically possible, sometimes with humorous intention.[1][2]
Academics in the zoology department of the University of British Columbia have concluded that cow tipping is impossible, noting also that cows sleep while laying down.[3] Some consider the attempt to practice it as an act of animal abuse.[4]
In 2004, a Florida legislator proposed a ban on "cruelty to bovines", which while not specific to cow tipping, included language that would apply to cow tipping: "A person who, for the purpose of practice, entertainment, or sport, intentionally fells, trips, or otherwise causes a cow to fall or lose its balance by means of roping, lassoing, dragging, or otherwise touching the tail of the cow commits a misdemeanor of the first degree."
2007-09-08 02:21:27 · answer #2 · answered by Hotsauce 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definite horses and cows sleep status up and that they lock their knees the worst area is they might't arise by way of fact they want 2 ft on the floor to arise. some breeds of cows and horses in the event that they lay all the way down to long will die and with a cost of a few over a million,000 the guy in charge gets important fines and probation
2016-12-13 03:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by kieck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not try yourselves.You will have to keep vigilance for pretty long hours to find the cow sleeping.
2007-09-08 01:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by yogeshwargarg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah its called 'Cow-Tipping'. Cows sleep standing up and if you push them over when they're asleep they get frightned and i think it can actually kill them from the shock of it. Its really mean, you shouldn't try it!
2007-09-08 01:52:57 · answer #5 · answered by Snow White 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, that's a trick played by bored farmboys on ignorant city slickers, to get the city boys kicked by the cow, which HURTS!
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2007-09-08 01:45:19 · answer #6 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why would you want to ? I hope she kicks you as she falls. Cows are not its they are She's.
2007-09-08 01:56:54 · answer #7 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol, can't say I hang around fields to wait on cows falling asleep and then push them over!! Let us know when you try it!! xx
2007-09-08 01:44:53 · answer #8 · answered by Su John 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've no idea, but why would you want to? Poor thing, let it sleep in peace. How would you like it if I came along and pushed you out of bed? LOL
2007-09-08 01:45:23 · answer #9 · answered by Ladyfromdrum 5 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Oh yes, cow tipping is sport where I come from!!!
2007-09-08 01:45:20 · answer #10 · answered by Gem Gem 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋