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Here are some of the more out there discoveries we have made in our bovine journey... <br /> <br /> <hr /> <a name="sa_madness"></a> <h2>Two cows and two goats found in Fiat Uno</h2> <IMG SRC="img/bovine_studies/uno.jpg" CLASS="floatLeft" title="Fiat Uno - not a big car" alt="Fiat Uno - not a big car" /> <p class="normal">Police in South Africa impounded a Fiat Uno car that was being used to transport two cows and two goats. </p> <p class="normal">Two policemen in northern KwaZulu-Natal chased after the tiny car after a tip-off, reports Independent Online. </p> <p class="normal">Police spokesperson Captain Jabulani Mdletshe said residents of the Phelindaba area reported seeing a man loading a cow into the Fiat. </p> <p class="normal">By the time the two officers arrived, the driver had loaded his vehicle with all four animals and was attempting to speed away. </p> <p class="normal">Police gave chase and, realising he was not losing his pursuers, the man stopped his car and fled into the bushes. </p> <p class="normal">The animals were later handed over to the Hluhluwe Stock Theft Unit, but the driver is still at large. </p> <p class="normal">[Source: <a href="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2569909.html" target="_blank">Ananova</a>] </p> <hr /> <a name="mutant_nebraska"></a> <h2>Angus calf kicks up its heels - all six of them</h2> <IMG SRC="img/bovine_studies/mutant_cow2.jpg" CLASS="floatRight" /> <p class="intro">Frisky bovine born with extra legs, organs for both sexes, no rectum</p> <p class="normal">LITCHFIELD, Neb. - The newborn black Angus calf romps about the central Nebraska farm just like the other calves.</p> <p class="normal">Only this one has six legs, organs for both sexes and a surgically supplied rectum.</p> <p class="normal">"He's a real freak," said Brian Slocum, who said the calf was born Sunday to one of his cows. "I've never seen anything like this before."</p> <p class="normal">The two extras - one a front leg, the other a back - come out the rear of the calf in the pelvic area. The longer of the two legs doesn't quite reach the ground, and they don't interfere with the calf's mobility.</p> <p class="normal">Born without a rectum, the calf was taken to a vet on Monday for the surgery.</p> <p class="normal">A veterinary specialist for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, David Smith, said the calf's twin sexes indicate the embryos for what may have been fraternal twins likely fused during development, producing one calf with extra parts.</p> <p class="normal">Such abnormalities are rare, said UNL beef specialist Rick Rasby.</p> <p class="normal">"It doesn't happen often, because I don't hear about it often," he said.</p> <p class="normal"> [Source: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18493874/" target="_blank">MSBNC</a>] </p> <hr /> <a name="mutant_cambodia"></a> <h2>Cambodian Bovine Mutant</h2> <IMG SRC="img/bovine_studies/mutant_cow.jpg" CLASS="floatLeft" /> <p class="normal">Monks in Cambodia have been knocked for six by an unusual present - a cow with two extra legs.</p> <p class="normal">The farmer who donated the bovine rarity feared her extra set of pins would bring him, bad luck.</p> <p class="normal">Two-month-old Cham Leck, which means "Strange" in the Khmer language, is being cared for by monks at the pagoda near the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.</p> <p class="normal">As well as her standard four legs, Cham has two extras hanging from her neck.</p> <p class="normal">Some locals in the heavily superstitious country have been treating the calf with some caution.</p> <p class="normal">One said: "She looks so calm and peaceful that after a while you forget she has six legs.</p> <p class="normal">"Then you raise your head and see these two extra hooves on the end of these spindly legs coming out of her neck."</p> <p class="normal"> [Source: <a href="http://www.ambrosiasw.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t42302.html" target="_blank">Ambrosia</a>] </p> <hr /> <a name="killer_cow"></a> <h2>Killer Cambodian cow arrested and executed</h2> <p class="intro">From correspondents in Phnom Penh, October 17</p> <p class="normal">A CAMBODIAN cow arrested by authorities last week after causing a string of traffic deaths has been butchered by its owner to prevent future highway carnage. </p> <p class="normal">The animal had repeatedly escaped its enclosure and wandered into a nearby road. </p> <p class="normal">Last week a motorcyclist hit it and was killed, local police chief Pin Doman said. </p> <p class="normal">Earlier this year, the cow caused a collision between several vehicles on the same road on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh, killing five people and injuring several others, police said. </p> <p class="normal">But following last week's wreck, the cow was seized and kept at the police station for more than a day before being given to the family of the dead motorist, Pin Doman said. </p> <p class="normal">But relatives returned the cow to its owner without demanding compensation, saying the dead man's bad karma might have caused his fateful meeting with the wayward beast, he said. </p> <p class="normal">Its owner, Kob Ry, promptly killed the cow on Sunday and sold the meat, the police chief said. </p> <p class="normal">"The owner wanted to avoid trouble in the future,'' he said. </p> <p class="normal">Fast driving and wandering livestock often result in crashes on Cambodia's rural highways, although human fatalities are rare. </p> <p class="normal"> [Source: <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22600575-13762,00.html" target="_blank">News.com.au</a>] </p> <hr /> <a name="cowswithguns"></a> <h2>Cows With Guns</h2> <p class="normal"> The cows fight back! Nice stuff from <a href="http://www.cowswithguns.com/homepage.html" target="_blank">Dana Lyons</a>. </p> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="425" height="350" id="cows_with_guns" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="movie" value="img/bovine_studies/anim1.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <embed src="img/bovine_studies/anim1.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="425" height="350" name="cows_with_guns" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> </object> <br /> <br /> <hr /> <a name="worldmapcows"></a> <h2>Worldly-Wise Cows</h2> <p class="normal"> Seems they're everywhere out there. Keep 'em peeled! </p> <p class="normal"> <img class="image" src="img/bovine_studies/friesian_BW.jpg"> </p> <p class="normal"> <img class="image" src="img/bovine_studies/friesian_red.jpg"> </p> <p class="normal"> [Source: <a href="http://woodenspoon.net/2004/06/the_worldmap_cow.html" target="_blank">Wooden Spoon</a>] </p>  </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td background="img/shadow_right.gif"><img src="img/shim.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#e0d2c3"><img src="img/shim.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> <td height="20"><img src="img/shim.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> <td><img src="img/shim.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> <td background="img/shadow_right.gif"><img src="img/shim.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#e0d2c3"><img src="img/shim.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> <td background="img/shadow_left_edge.gif" width="6"><img src="img/shim.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> <td background="img/shadow_bottom.gif" height="6"><img src="img/shim.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> <td background="img/shadow_corner.gif" width="6"><img src="img/shim.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <span class="litmus">a <a href="http://www.litmusdigital.com" title="usable digital solutions">litmus digital</a> website</span> </center> </body> </html>