I'm quite certain that if we want to know the real reason for this, someone
has obtained a US government grant for an extraordinary amount of money to
research it. We can just ask them!
Sorry, I'm still getting over my income taxes....
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of W. J. Liles
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 9:27 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OT ) Cattle & sheep and the direction they face.
Brian Swale wrote:
>
> Hi folks;
>
> I'm not going to go on with this topic at length.
>
> A variety of factors affect behaviour. Wind temperature, wind speed, if it
is
> also wet / icy, the breed of the beasts and their body configuration.
> landscape.
>
> Also, I think they don't behave this way *all* the time.
>
> Brian
I suspect cattle are devout followers of the "Harvard Law of
Experimental Biology", which in essences says, "No matter how carefully
all the conditions of the experiment (temperature, light, humidity, etc)
are controlled, the experimental organisim will behave as it damn well
pleases!"
Jerry Liles
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