[OT]: Re: [Rockhounds] Cows & earthquakes

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Axel,

I should have known you would horn in and churn out a response that 
should render further posts on this topic udderly useless.

Cheers!

Kreigh



On Thursday, Aug 28, 2008, at 11:07 America/Detroit, Axel Emmermann 
wrote:

> Here's my two cents:
>
> Cows have learned to predict earthquakes and flee from them because
> buttering is MUCH more painful than milking (from the bovine 
> standpoint).
>
> Cows have learned to turn there behind into the wind for the same 
> reason
> that we put milk in the fridge. I have heard farmers claim that cows 
> are
> intelligent enough to listen to their owner when he calls their names. 
> It is
> also said that cows that stand with their behind turned into 
> gale-force wind
> do NOT come when the farmer calls them. Too much green stuff has blown 
> in
> their ears, apparently.
>
> Cheers
> Axel
>
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