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'Flight Speed' of Cattle Determines Tastiness

Posted by michael on from the laden-or-unladen dept.

mge writes "Despite all the nasty things people say about us, Australians are still at work breeding a tastier (and cheaper) cow for you... Beef Researchers at (where else but ?) the Beef Cooperative Research Centre, Australia have found that a) a cows temperament correlates with its taste, b) this is inheritable, and c) the temperament can be measured by its "flight speed". "Flight Speed" is the time it takes the animal to cover 1.6m after release from a weight crush, into an open pen. There's pictures and an explanation (PDF Sorry - Google version Google version in HTML) of how flight speed is measured at the BreedPlan site."

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  1. April Fools by GMontag451 · · Score: 2

    You know, the editors might try to think up some jokes that are actually funny once in a while.

    1. Re:April Fools by TheGreenLantern · · Score: 2

      Sadly, Slashdot used up it's ration of Funny somewhere around December of 2000, and is not scheduled to receive another shipment until sometime Q4 2003. Until then, please enjoy this collection of Leonard Nimoy poetry readings, circa 1978.

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  2. Whow, finally a measurement for tastyness ! by software_non_olet · · Score: 2, Funny

    The faster food runs away the better is it's taste - or the more difficult is is to proove the opposite.

    Hyopothesis: Easter hare tastes better than St. Claus. Anybody here to confirm that?

    1. Re:Whow, finally a measurement for tastyness ! by HerringFlavoredFowl · · Score: 2

      Rabbit vs. Tastes Like Chicken

      I would go for Rabbit ...

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  3. Bovine Aviation? by AnalogBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    The flight speed of a bovine unit would have to be exceptionally high. Higher indeed than Porcine Aviation, due to the higher weight and less areodynamic body. Then of course is the problem of no wings. But that's trivial.

    Okay. Two cow-related posts in 2 days. Ton's of geeks going around saying moo. The gateway thing. And lets not even get started on the Hindu thing. WHATS THE DEAL WITH COWS?!

    [moo]

    1. Re:Bovine Aviation? by TheAlmightyQ · · Score: 2, Funny

      When determining the air speed velocity of unladen cattle, you have to ask if they're African or European?

      Who are you and where'd you get the coconuts?

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    2. Re:Bovine Aviation? by AnalogBoy · · Score: 2

      cute page. :)

      .oO(moo.)

  4. flight speed by PD · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would that be a European or African cow?

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  5. Flight Speed After Weight Crush for Humans by 4of12 · · Score: 2

    I've heard there's a similar phenomena that affects human beings.

    That is, drivers going through construction zones with heavy traffic congestion and low speed limits tend to "slingshot" out at the end. They put the pedal to the metal and tend to exceed the speed limit even a bit more than usual after enduring these "cattle chutes".

    Moo.

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