Boffins debunk cow-tipping myth

Not possible, even when drunk




Dr Lillie elaborated: "The static physics of the issue say two people might be able to tip a cow. But the cow would have to be tipped quickly — the cow’s centre of mass would have to be pushed over its hoof before the cow could react."

It gets worse: "Biology also complicates the issue here because the faster the [human] muscles have to contract, the lower the force they can produce. But I suspect that even if a dynamic physics model suggests cow tipping is possible, the biology ultimately gets in the way: a cow is simply not a rigid, unresponding body," debunked Lillie.

And herein lies the problem. Cows do not in fact slumber soundly on their pins, but rather doze, Boechler said. She added: "I have personally heard of people trying but failing because they are either using too few people or being too loud," before rightly concluding: "Most of these 'athletes' are intoxicated."



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