Why can you lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs?

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Actually, you *can* lead a cow down stairs...they just won't go willingly. Since cows have no depth perception, they will not walk willingly down stairs, as they are unstable on them. Cows' eyes are on the sides of their heads, meaning they have panoramic, rather than stereoscopic vision.

That is, they can see everything but what is directly behind them, but cannot judge its distance. This is why virtual cattle grids are effective at blocking cattle, even though they're just painted lines. Video en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_grid .

It probably has to do with the knees I don't think a cow's back legs can bend the right way for its front legs to go down the stairs... it might break its back legs if it tried, which would make it lose its balance, which would make it fall down the stairs. So you could lead a cow down stairs, but you'd probably end up squished at the bottom with an injured (and rather annoyed) cow bleeding and laying on top of you. Psi_Phi_Org's Recommendations Can Cows Walk Down Stairs?

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Because... That cow's not dumb...he knows what's down there! .

1 Joram, regarding your answer "Actually, you *can* lead a cow down stairs...they just won't go willingly. ": Good answer, but there's another reason and it has absolutely nothing to do with their vision.

Joram, regarding your answer "Actually, you *can* lead a cow down stairs...they just won't go willingly. ": Good answer, but there's another reason and it has absolutely nothing to do with their vision.

2 SOTWord, regarding your answer "Because...": Bahahahahahahahaha. I love it.

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Simple way to cut down my air conditioning bill and yet be cool upstairs and my husband warm downstairs.

I have one hdtv cable box downstairs. I am tryng to use a splitter for 2 rooms upstairs that have hdtv boxes.

Brown water filling the toilet in the 2 upstairs bathroom..the two downstairs are a bit cloudy but not brown.

I have wireless router connected to puter downstairs. How can I enable upstairs computer to connect to same router?

I have an Xbox360 but its plugged in upstairs while my Comp is downstairs should I try a 20ft ethernet cable or wireless.

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