Ever Notice?

[mnmtranching]

I think maybe its the Doc :D . That has to much time to kill ;-)

mnmt

 

[ALACOWMAN]

I think maybe its the Doc :D . That has to much time to kill ;-)

mnmt

maybe his theory is. if you can't dazzle them with brilliance.. then baffle them with bull sht :P

 

[Alan]

I had to go check the whiskey cabinet, to make sure I hadn't started drinking this morning after reading your second post Doc. Hadn't yet but I feel a headache coming on... might start :D .

Alan

 

[dun]

If their tail spins in the opposite direction would it pump milk back into the cow?

dun

 

[jnowack]

I think maybe its the Doc :D . That has to much time to kill ;-)

mnmt

maybe his theory is. if you can't dazzle them with brilliance.. then baffle them with bull sht :P

Thats what I was thinking.

 

[cfpinz]

If their tail spins in the opposite direction would it pump milk back into the cow?

dun

I think that's what Doc's second post discusses but I'm not smart enough to summarize it. :lol:

 

[Alan]

Well Doc,

I like your two post so well I have decided to send it to all the major ag colleges around the country. Texas A&M, Colorado, etc. I expect they will want lots of federal funding to study your theories. :D My tax $ at work. Oh yea, Thanks Mike C for starting this... lets all open our wallets to figure this out. :shock:

Alan

 

[mnmtranching]

Truth is if you got a calf nursing with its tail going round and round [not sure witch direction] its a good sign. Something like watching your whole bunch of calves running around the pasture in circles or whatever with their tails in the air. We call it frisking. A very good sign of healthy happy critters.

mnmt

 

[DOC HARRIS]

Doc, I must disagree with you on one point. :shock:

I think the explanation of the tail wagging while sucking is much, much simpler than you have detailed to us.

I simply think the tail wagging creates a gyroscopic effect that keeps the calf from falling down while sucking with his eyes closed. :P :lol: Thus, the more milk that is traveling down the esophagus, the faster the tail must wag to counter balance the extra weight of the milk on his/her front feet.

Add to that the constant swallowing which upsets the inner ear and throws the natural balancing effect out of synchronization.

Does my theory merit a peer review? :lol: :lol:

MikeC-The "Kommittee On Observing Kinetic Salubriousness" (KOOKS) has met, incognito, and has determined that,. . .yes. . .your theory does, in fact, merit more exhaustive investigation - particularly that biological area relating to the "Inner Ear" and it's synchronous efficacies role in maintaining equilibrium during nutritional fluid consumption.

Mike, in the animal body the phenominal and extraordinary physical, chemical and neurological processes which combine to activate and stimulate life are awe inspiring to say the least! One of those behaviors is referred to as "Synesthesia" - which definition is-"..a sensation in one part of the body when another part is stimulated". As the life-giving ecstatic emotion of milk coursing through the calf's upper digestive system stimulates the Autonomic Nervous System (Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Branches normally performing as antagonists), the distal end of the spinal cord responds appropriately, thereby causing a "rotational reactive syndrome" response, demonstrated as an involuntary 'twisting and rotating of the.....hind quarters and tail - a response MOST human beings are unable to manifest!

The incessant deglutition to which you referred does NOT upset the inner ear - thereby throwing the natural balancing effect out of synchronization - this being due to the synergistic functions between the stapes (stirrup), the malleus (the hammer) and the incas (anvil) located medially to the tympanic membrane. :roll: The labyrinth, or inner ear, assists in the maintaining of equlibrium, working in congress with the cochlea and the auditory, or Eighth Cranial nerve. This is a very sensitive and complex mechanism, - however, swallowing milk does not intrude upon the equilibrium of the calf.

HOWEVER - I feel that your hypothesis regarding the 'gyroscopic effect relating to. . ."sucking with the eyes closed" and retaining one's equilibrium at the same time offers some fascinating postulates! :shock: The "Laws of Levers" incorporated in the science of Physics - that of dealing with properties, changes and interactions of matter such as balance, leverage and stability elicits at this moment a case in point:
Envision the nursing calf; superimpose over this image a likeness of a First Class Lever - the calf's head being the 'weight', the calf's front legs being the 'fulcrum', and the hindquarters - including the tail - being the 'effort'. As the calf nurses, the head presses ( or STRIKES firmly on occasion) against the udder(weight), the front legs (fulcrum or fixed point) stabilizes the calf's body, and the hindquarters...and 'tail'...(gyroscope) acting as a stabilizing force, enabling Nature to take it's rightful course.

Yes, Mike - this axiom definitely merited a peer review - and the Reviewers peered into your conclusions and the findings are in and final!! :D :arrow: :nod: Yu' done good! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :oops: :oops:

. . . .and let's NOT forget the "cake"! 8) :lol:

DOC HARRIS

 

[Roadapple]

Dang, that shoots my theory all to he..er I mean to bits. I thought it was because she was letting her milk down so fast, it was pushing him, or her away, so they spun their tail to push themselves forward to stay in contact with mama's faucet.

 

[DOC HARRIS]

be nice, that shoots my theory all to he..er I mean to bits. I thought it was because she was letting her milk down so fast, it was pushing him, or her away, so they spun their tail to push themselves forward to stay in contact with mama's be nice.

That too! Who knows?

DOC HARRIS

 

[MikeC]

OK DOC, I accept your review and fine analysis. But I still believe the swallowing upsets the balance............

Why else would a calf "Hunch", or hit the cows udder with his nose periodically except to help regain his equilibrium?

If you will notice a calf will "hunch" the cow's udder more often with the less milk available, in other words, towards the end of a sucking session.

Explain this phenomenon. ;-)

 

[MikeC]

Ok.....I've just instructed the staff to bottle-feed the calves left-handed. This should get the tails going round anti-ckockwise and adding 50 lb's to their 200 day weight? Jeepers...this calf raising stuff is easy :lol:
regards

This can only work if you bought "Left-Handed" bottles! :shock:

 

[MikeC]

Dang, that shoots my theory all to he..er I mean to bits. I thought it was because she was letting her milk down so fast, it was pushing him, or her away, so they spun their tail to push themselves forward to stay in contact with mama's faucet.

Makes sense in that "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". BUT..................
Has your theory been validated at the NASA "Jet Propulsion Laboratory"?

 

[DOC HARRIS]

If you will notice a calf will "hunch" the cow's udder more often with the less milk available, in other words, towards the end of a sucking session

RIGHT! That's why they "HUNCH"!

DOC HARRIS

 

[ALACOWMAN]

alright this has went as far as my 9th grade education will take me ... not that it would matter any ;-)