What is Cow tipping?
[[File:Koe in weiland bij Gorssel.JPG|right|thumb|An upright [[Holstein (cattle)|Holstein cow]]]] [[File:Cow_lying_on_side.jpg|thumb|A [[Holstein (cattle)|Holstein cow]] lying on its side]] '''Cow tipping''' is the [[myth]] of tipping over a cow. Cows do not sleep standing up, so cow tipping does not happen.<ref name=Cow1>{{cite web | last = Malvern | first = Jack | title = Cow-tipping myth hasn't got a leg to stand on | publisher = Times Online | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1858246,00.html | access-date = 2006-10-28 | archive-date = 2011-06-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083548/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article586737.ece | url-status = dead }}</ref> The British media Times Online has posted a document of the [[Force (physics)|force]] needed to push over a cow.<ref>[http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,242244,00.jpg Happy Torque - Force Required to Tip over a cow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502034715/http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,242244,00.jpg |date=2009-05-02 }} at the Time Online.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} {{Urban legends}} [[Category:Cattle]]