RejectReality

If you ever asked yourself exactly what it would take to tip over a cow, now you know — complete with formulae to back it up!

A cow of 1.45 metres in height pushed at an angle of 23.4 degrees relative to the ground would require 2,910 Newtons of force, equivalent to 4.43 people.

The part that tickled my funny bone was:

“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.”

Based on this, it would seem that tipping a cow is no longer just a matter of leverage; it has become a battle of wits against a rather confused opponent

[via Boing Boing]