Comments on: Animal Facts http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:37:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67854 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:06:28 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67854 Oh yeah, I forgot my cousins are dairy farmers. And they have stairs! Oh yeah, I forgot my cousins are dairy farmers. And they have stairs!

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67812 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:21:28 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67812 That too. Wendy, please tell Katy I'm sorry. That too. Wendy, please tell Katy I’m sorry.

]]> by: Aimee http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67790 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:39:06 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67790 i'd love to have such colleagues. i would have made him prove the cow upstairs-backwards thing though. i’d love to have such colleagues. i would have made him prove the cow upstairs-backwards thing though.

]]> by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67769 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:38:09 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67769 Guess it's just you walking upstairs backwards, Ed? :D Guess it’s just you walking upstairs backwards, Ed? :D

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67598 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:26:44 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67598 ... guess it's just me. … guess it’s just me.

]]> by: ed r http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67532 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:36:58 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67532 Is it just me or does anyone else have an image of Katy walking upsairs backwards in their mind's eye? Is it just me or does anyone else have an image of Katy walking upsairs backwards in their mind’s eye?

]]> by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67523 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:29:37 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67523 I know I'm not a quadruped, but... ... actually, forget I said anything. No, forget it. Seriously. I know I’m not a quadruped, but…

… actually, forget I said anything. No, forget it. Seriously.

]]> by: ted http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67511 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:31:48 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67511 I've referred the matter to my dairy-farming niece. (Don't try this at home.) I’ve referred the matter to my dairy-farming niece. (Don’t try this at home.)

]]> by: Sam http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67507 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:11:52 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67507 Don't worry Ed, there will be warning signs. Like posts about cows going up stairs. Only kidding - but I'm with Mr Angry, why doesn't anyone experiment? I'm going to ask around the university, surely this is what academia is for. I don't which department would cover it... Don’t worry Ed, there will be warning signs. Like posts about cows going up stairs.

Only kidding - but I’m with Mr Angry, why doesn’t anyone experiment? I’m going to ask around the university, surely this is what academia is for. I don’t which department would cover it…

]]> by: ed r http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67491 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:46:55 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67491 Ih, and it is nice to have you back. Don't get burned out, if you don't have anything to say, just say so. Ih, and it is nice to have you back. Don’t get burned out, if you don’t have anything to say, just say so.

]]> by: ed r http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67487 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:36:52 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67487 Given the right motivation, a cow can indeed walk backwards up stairs. They can't walk forwards down stairs because of the direction their knees bend, but it is precisely for this same reason that they can walk backwards up stairs. A cow's leg moves backward and up when lifted, making it difficult to place on a lower step than when it started, but making it much easier to find the next step UP. Any animal that has knees that move like a cow's will have trouble walking down stairs. Many birds, for example. It's not easy to get a cow to walk upstairs backwards though. Given the right motivation, a cow can indeed walk backwards up stairs. They can’t walk forwards down stairs because of the direction their knees bend, but it is precisely for this same reason that they can walk backwards up stairs. A cow’s leg moves backward and up when lifted, making it difficult to place on a lower step than when it started, but making it much easier to find the next step UP. Any animal that has knees that move like a cow’s will have trouble walking down stairs. Many birds, for example.
It’s not easy to get a cow to walk upstairs backwards though.

]]> by: Mr Angry http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67400 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:40:10 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67400 Lets be honest here, have you ever seen a cow TRY to walk upstairs backwards? Has anyone? Has someone emailed David Attenborough for a definitive answer? I didn't think so... Lets be honest here, have you ever seen a cow TRY to walk upstairs backwards? Has anyone?

Has someone emailed David Attenborough for a definitive answer? I didn’t think so…

]]> by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67394 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:27:36 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67394 And would normally be the same as yours, probably. Of course a cow can't go up stairs backwards! Weeping Jesus. And would normally be the same as yours, probably.

Of course a cow can’t go up stairs backwards! Weeping Jesus.

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67369 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:09:21 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67369 There's a part at the end there where we would have gone: "Wendy?! Right. Can a cow...right...?" And your answer would normally settle it. There’s a part at the end there where we would have gone: “Wendy?! Right. Can a cow…right…?” And your answer would normally settle it.

]]> by: Wendy http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67364 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:57:04 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2008/01/18/animal-facts/#comment-67364 It's reading posts like this that really makes me miss my old job. It’s reading posts like this that really makes me miss my old job.

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