View Full Version : Cows and Deer line up facing north/south
hopefulhiker
03-16-2009, 21:22
If you come to a field on a cloudy day and see bunch of cows.. they are probably lined up facing north/south.. unless you are on a power line...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_sc/sci_cow_compass;_ylt=AiDS60FajINz1fKR6aj_wXcPLBIF
vonfrick
03-16-2009, 21:33
haha...what's next? bovine resonance spectroscopy?
4eyedbuzzard
03-16-2009, 21:35
haha...what's next? bovine resonance spectroscopy?
Damn that sounds scientific.
Dances with Mice
03-16-2009, 21:48
haha...what's next? bovine resonance spectroscopy?
Damn that sounds scientific.
No. It's udderly ridiculous.
a new field of study for those who do not want a job
Bulldawg
03-16-2009, 21:49
Has Hopeful ever made a post without a link??
4eyedbuzzard
03-16-2009, 21:50
No. It's udderly ridiculous.
We're really milking this one for all it's worth.
vonfrick
03-16-2009, 21:55
moooooooooove along...nothing to see here
Bulldawg
03-16-2009, 21:58
Just FWIW, I work with cows a couple times a week. I have never really paid attention to their exact direction when grazing, but I have observed them facing all different directions while grazing. I call BS.
vonfrick
03-16-2009, 22:03
puts a whole new 'spin' on cow-tipping!
(i'm thinking hijack a really powerful radio transmitter.... )
a few years of grad school may cure your delusions and you will see the cows line up
4eyedbuzzard
03-16-2009, 22:13
puts a whole new 'spin' on cow-tipping!
(i'm thinking hijack a really powerful radio transmitter.... )
We'll need a steering committee for this project
puts a whole new 'spin' on cow-tipping!
Come in from the east and you'll be okay.
Dances with Mice
03-16-2009, 22:34
We'll need a steering committee for this projectSee if you can round one up. I herd if we find the right wavelength we could control their direction of movement which could make bullfights a lot more interesting. We only need to tune a cow which shouldn't be hard because we already know how to tuna fish.
wow I was wrong. I always thought that moss grew on the north side of cows. Hugh learn something new everyday.
Bulldawg
03-16-2009, 23:20
a few years of grad school may cure your delusions and you will see the cows line up
Don't need grad school. Grad school can't teach ya what 33 years around cows will.
I just went out and looked a few hours ago, cows facing all sorts of directions grazing...................
Nearly Normal
03-17-2009, 03:48
[quote=hopefulhiker;802727]If you come to a field on a cloudy day and see bunch of cows.. they are probably lined up facing north/south.. unless you are on a power line...
Only along odd numbered roads.
On even numbered, they face east/west.
This thread is nonsense and full of misinformation. Cows face north or south, east or west, according to breed. When you see them facing all directions it usually means they are cross breed cows. If they are not cross breeds, and they are facing different directions, it is an indication they are rebelious/non-conformist cows, directionally challanged cows or just retarded cows.
warraghiyagey
03-17-2009, 07:06
Don't need grad school. Grad school can't teach ya what 33 years around cows will.
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http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/cow.jpg
stumpknocker
03-17-2009, 07:33
http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/cow.jpg
When I saw the subject of this thread, I just knew Warraghiyagey wouldn't be able to resist posting here. :)
I once saw every cow in a field with their tails up like they were all peeing together, then I realized it was just the extremely high Kansas winds blowing their tails out straight. Come to think of it...they were ALL facing north!!
warraghiyagey
03-17-2009, 07:35
When I saw the subject of this thread, I just knew Warraghiyagey wouldn't be able to resist posting here. :)
I once saw every cow in a field with their tails up like they were all peeing together, then I realized it was just the extremely high Kansas winds blowing their tails out straight. Come to think of it...they were ALL facing north!!
:):sun
freefall
03-17-2009, 07:51
Cattle Respond To Magnetic Fields From Power Lines
By Randolph E. Schmid, Ap Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid, Ap Science Writer – Mon Mar 16, 5:21 Pm Et
But Without Such Factors About Two-thirds Of Them Tended To Align North-south When Away From Power Lines. Was the other third made up of hippie cows from South Park? They always go to the beat of a different drum.
Gray Blazer
03-17-2009, 08:03
I hate it when anything messes with my animal magnetism.
freefall
03-17-2009, 08:09
I hate it when anything messes with my animal magnetism.
Just stay away from those evil power lines and carry a compass to keep it pointing the right way!
Gray Blazer
03-17-2009, 08:42
Just stay away from those evil power lines and carry a compass to keep it pointing the right way!
I think I saw that in the moovies.
4eyedbuzzard
03-17-2009, 09:06
When I saw the subject of this thread, I just knew Warraghiyagey wouldn't be able to resist posting here. :)
I once saw every cow in a field with their tails up like they were all peeing together, then I realized it was just the extremely high Kansas winds blowing their tails out straight. Come to think of it...they were ALL facing north!!
They're keeping an eye out for Canadian rustlers. Cows don't like the cold. Happy cows come from warm sunny California. I saw it on TV, so it must be true.
freefall
03-17-2009, 09:10
They're keeping an eye out for Canadian rustlers. Cows don't like the cold. Happy cows come from warm sunny California. I saw it on TV, so it must be true.
Them Dang Rustlers! Just remember, the long haired cows are cows too! MMMMMMooooooooOO.
4eyedbuzzard
03-17-2009, 09:18
...I once saw every cow in a field with their tails up like they were all peeing together, then I realized it was just the extremely high Kansas winds blowing their tails out straight....
Them Dang Rustlers! Just remember, the long haired cows are cows too! MMMMMMooooooooOO.
Them there long haired cows in Canada are likely draft dodgers from Kansas.
freefall
03-17-2009, 09:34
Them there long haired cows in Canada are likely draft dodgers from Kansas.
From Kansas? Kansas?!
Ain't they unpopulated? Kcept for the combine operators?
D'Artagnan
03-17-2009, 13:21
We'll need a steering committee for this project
That's really taking the bull by the horns.
I guess we need to ask a bovine anthropologist if we want the truth.
I was always told that cows face downwind. The wind bothers their faces.
Steven Write fans will know that a Calcium anthropologists study Milk Men.
4eyedbuzzard
03-17-2009, 13:32
That's really taking the bull by the horns.
Well, we can't just let a cowboy mentality rein, the steaks are too high.
The Old Fhart
03-17-2009, 13:48
Hopefulhiker-"If you come to a field on a cloudy day and see bunch of cows.. they are probably lined up facing north/south.. unless you are on a power line..."I hadn't herd that one before....
Pedaling Fool
03-17-2009, 14:58
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/10/science.research