Are cows scared of lightning

Answer 1

There are a number of ways that cows can die in a thunder storm, even when not hit directly by lightning.

Sometimes cows will shelter beneath trees in a thunderstorm. When lightning strikes the tree, the intense heat generated can cause part of the tree to shatter and the shards can fly off and kill the sheltering cows, or a whole bough can break off and fall on them.

If the landscape is barren, cows will tend to gather against any nearby fence in search of shelter, even if it is only a few strands of wire. They often huddle close enough to the wire fence to be touching it and a lightning strike - even miles away - can be transmitted through the wire and electrocute the cows.

It is possible that a cow could be standing in a pond or river at the time of the storm. A lightning strike to the surface of the water would also electrocute the cow.

Answer 2

i think they stay on the field or they just go under a shelter but i think they just sty on the field yep that's your answer now GO AWAY YOU DUMERS

Answer 3

Have you never seen The Wizard of Oz? When the twister picks up Dorothy's house she looks out the window and sees a cow go peacefully floating by.

Unfortunately real life twisters are not so peaceful, the same things that can happen to people can happen to cows, other livestock and other animals.

If they are in a structurally sound barn or other building, nothing at all may happen to them. But they may be injured or killed by collapsing buildings or flying debris.

If outside in pasture or field, they may escape any injury, be injured or killed by flying debris, tossed around by winds resulting in injury or death, or in a powerful twister actually picked up, carried and dropped some distance away, sometimes miles away, resulting in injury or death.

Farmers with sufficiently strong barns and small enough herds may drive the cattle inside when threatening storms approach. Others release livestock from barns and pastures to fend for themselves rather than be penned up with no escape. Of course ranchers with larger herds on more open ranges can do little to protect their cattle. There may be an effort to drive cattle out of the path of a tornado, but it is dangerous for people to be out in the open and tornado paths are notoriously difficult to predict. Cattle themselves in trying to flee in terror and confusion may run directly into a tornado. We gotta face it, cows is just not very bright anyway.

Then there is the old wives tale or old dairy maids tale, that a cow shaken and tossed but not really injured by a storm will give sour milk. They may give less milk for a while, but not sour milk. Sour or off tasting milk is due to diet or illness, not emotional stress.

Answer 4

They exploed and all their poop flies in your face and u will die to.

Answer 5

They can be, especially if that lightning is closely followed by a loud clap of thunder.

Answer 6

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