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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
A 2005 study led by Margo Lillie, a zoologist at the University of British Columbia, concluded that tipping a cow would require an exertion of 2,910 newtons (654.2 lbf) of force, and is therefore impossible to accomplish by a single person. Her calculations found that it would take at least two people to apply enough force to push over a cow if the cow did not react and reorient its footing. If the cow did react, it would take at least four people to push it over. Lillie noted that cattle are well aware of their surroundings and are very difficult to surprise, due to excellent senses of both smell and hearing, but that according to laws of static physics, "two people might be able to tip a cow" if the cow were "tipped quickly—the cow's centre of mass would have to be pushed over its hoof before the cow could react".
Flamingos should be easier...
Stitchawl
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Interesting. I have never thought/heard/read that cow tipping was a solitary practice, I always assumed it was a bunch of stupid drunks. Maybe it is all an urban myth. Hopefully the cow would react by squashing them like bugs
I lived in a hotel once that had flamingos strolling around, and it is my opinion that it would take a brave person or group of persons to confront a flamingo even from behind. Same with geese or swans. A family member, who has never been in his right mind, once confronted a goose in Stanley park. Three times as big as the goose, but he was ignominiously and comically defeated in no short order and chased for quite a bit. Imagine what could happen if geese or flamingos were pack animals (birds) who all joined in the attack.
Helen