Still Waters Posted August 12, 2011 #1 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Motorist Robert Gould is lucky to be alive after a startled cow leapt over a three-foot fence and landed on his car. The frightened Friesian has written off Robert's Citroen C5 after denting the bonnet and breaking a wheel after bounding onto the busy road. Stunned police later breath-tested Robert after he called 999 to report the collision. It is understood the cow which died at the scene had been trying to escape from a farmer when it jumped into the road on the outskirts of Leek, Staffs. Robert escaped with cuts and bruises despite skidding almost 80 yards and ending up on the wrong side of the road as he tried to stop. The 24-year-old said: "I am now looking out for low-flying cows when I am driving ." Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert1 Posted August 12, 2011 #2 Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) Wow! I didn't know a cow could actually jump that high. What will cows jump over next, the moon? Edited August 12, 2011 by Robert1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Yates Posted August 14, 2011 #3 Share Posted August 14, 2011 One wonders if a cow were to jump over the moon where it would come down and whether it would barbecue on reentry. There are places in the world that surely would welcome barbecue from the sky. NASA should do a study to determine this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted August 14, 2011 #4 Share Posted August 14, 2011 It's a bird, it's a plane? No, it's Super Cow! Able to leap tall fences in a single bound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted August 14, 2011 Author #5 Share Posted August 14, 2011 It's a bird, it's a plane? No, it's Super Cow! Able to leap tall fences in a single bound! I wonder who got the biggest fright, the guy in the car or the cow! It's a shame the cow died though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dreamer - Hybrid89 Posted August 14, 2011 #6 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Ive seen cows clear walls. I remember one such occasion my grandfather,my uncleand myself we're chasin 3 cows through about 6 fields,...they went berserk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatmanxxl Posted August 14, 2011 #7 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Must seen a Burger King truck driving by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taut Posted August 14, 2011 #8 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Well, they've been bred for stupidity and semi-docility for a long time. When I was a kid (back in the cretaceous period) I watched one eat a whole pile of prickly pear cactus - thorns sticking out of her mouth and tongue and lips and I knew then, they couldn't be too bright. But we didn't breed the leaping out them apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted August 14, 2011 #9 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Cows really are dumber than mud. I remember as a kid watching my Grandfather's 40 pound border collie, Banjo, herd a group of cows. He could literally turn them on a dime. When I asked my Grandpa why such big animals were being "bossed" by one small dog he said to me, "The cows are dumb, the dog is smart...that's all it takes darlin'". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantis Rises Posted August 15, 2011 #10 Share Posted August 15, 2011 A cow jumped onto a car (a cow jumped over the moon), interesting... I wonder if the future hamburger patty was inspired by the childhood sonnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipotep Posted August 15, 2011 #11 Share Posted August 15, 2011 LOL i liked this bit ...... leapt over a three-foot fence It Leapt it hey , they make it sound like it broke the long jump world record , 3 foot is not a very high fence TiP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalDreamer Posted August 15, 2011 #12 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Lolzy-wulzy! The cow was trying to jump the moon and failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhincewind Posted August 15, 2011 #13 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Well, they've been bred for stupidity and semi-docility for a long time. When I was a kid (back in the cretaceous period) I watched one eat a whole pile of prickly pear cactus - thorns sticking out of her mouth and tongue and lips and I knew then, they couldn't be too bright. But we didn't breed the leaping out them apparently. cows aren't stupid. I have seen them show great compasion for their young and fellow herd members. More than I have seen in most humans actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryso Posted August 15, 2011 #14 Share Posted August 15, 2011 A friend of mine had this happen to her many years ago, in Devon, England. It was so traumatic she gave up her driving lessons. I sent her the link. She put it on her Facebook page, because people don't believe her when she said a cow landed on her car bonnet, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Only Posted August 15, 2011 #15 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Well, they've been bred for stupidity and semi-docility for a long time. When I was a kid (back in the cretaceous period) I watched one eat a whole pile of prickly pear cactus - thorns sticking out of her mouth and tongue and lips and I knew then, they couldn't be too bright. But we didn't breed the leaping out them apparently. But that was smartest move it could ever do in its lifetime. Just happened that it escaped its impending doom, only to meet a random big chunk of metal cruising down the road; Wile E. Coyote style. It was going to die by the hand of man eventually anyway. At least it went out in a defiant blaze of glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted August 15, 2011 #16 Share Posted August 15, 2011 cows aren't stupid. I have seen them show great compasion for their young and fellow herd members. More than I have seen in most humans actually I tend to disagree. Cows are fairly nice animals and do indeed have a strong herd instinct. However, they aren't all that bright when compared to other domestic animals. For example, pigs are much smarter than cows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted August 15, 2011 #17 Share Posted August 15, 2011 LOL i liked this bit ......It Leapt it hey , they make it sound like it broke the long jump world record , 3 foot is not a very high fence TiP. I was gonna say the same lol You'd want at least a 4 or 4 1/2ft fence but I've seen them leap that when the mood takes them I wouldnt say they are too stupid, tho they do have their moments. Ive had a few during milking who had learnt to shake themselves loose and sneak off and steal dairy nuts....... the lengths ive seen them go to get some youd think it was cow cocaine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted August 16, 2011 #18 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Must seen a Burger King truck driving by. It's certainly not McDonald's. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taut Posted August 17, 2011 #19 Share Posted August 17, 2011 cows aren't stupid. I have seen them show great compasion for their young and fellow herd members. More than I have seen in most humans actually Um, excuse me, My inlaws have a cattle ranch and I've been around them most of my life and I promise.....they are stupid. I didn't say they didn't have instincts, I said they are increasingly bred for docility, which means dumb, uncontentious. The ones that give them trouble, or are threatening go immediately to market and they keep the passive breeders, like most cattle ranchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFO_Monster Posted August 18, 2011 #20 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Imagine telling this to your insurance company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipotep Posted August 18, 2011 #21 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Imagine telling this to your insurance company. A friend of mine a few years ago was driving his car down his driveway , his dad had a few cows roaming the property ..... long story short one of the cows decided to stand in front of the car and when my friend stopped an tooted his horn the stupid cow tried to mount the car and put two huge dints in the bonnet where it hoofs had been , it was either a trans-gender thing or one stupid cow Either way he had an interesting conversation with the insurance company ! Tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_dreamer Posted August 19, 2011 #22 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I was driving to work recently and there was a cow next to the road, outside its fence. The fence had to be repaired. Luckily the cow had no death wish that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokoloshe Posted August 19, 2011 #23 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Kung -fu cow! what a very good reason to avoid a fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhincewind Posted August 20, 2011 #24 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Um, excuse me, My inlaws have a cattle ranch and I've been around them most of my life and I promise.....they are stupid. I didn't say they didn't have instincts, I said they are increasingly bred for docility, which means dumb, uncontentious. The ones that give them trouble, or are threatening go immediately to market and they keep the passive breeders, like most cattle ranchers. And when was the last time you gave a cow an intelligence test? I am not surprised by the selective breeding for submisiveness. Any that show signs of unhappiness at their treatment and dare to show it and They are killed. Slavery and farming going hand in hand once again. Cows are not geniuses and I never said they where BUT they do have a level of intelligence that is routinly ignored. The exibit compassion for others and their young and They show great distress when they are seperated from said young. (an quite rightly so it's a disscrage that it happens at all) Oh I don't consume dairy at all by the way. Cows can be trained to do jumps and be ridden like a horse. They show stress,fear and the only reason that they behave they way they do is that they fear humans and remember the cruelty that they have suffered from before they where born. You say cows are dumb but its you who is the stupid one. ALso america is not a good place to be a farm animal. It's like you don't even care about them and just want to go huntin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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