Now on ScienceBlogs: Open Lab: Time is Ticking!

Seed Media Group

Collective Imagination

« Inner Life of a Cell | Main | Panta Rei »

Cows in Grand Canyon

Category: Creative commons
Posted on: May 7, 2007 8:47 AM, by Selva

I was reading New Scientist and flipped through to the Last Word column to find this question: How long would it take an average cow to fill the Grand Canyon with milk?

Bob from New York city answers thus: It all depends upon the size of the tanker truck the cow chooses to drive, the time it would take to drive from the milk distribution point, the inflow and outflow of the tanker truck, the ability to change the absorption and evaporation rates of the milk, and the ability of said cow to effectively block the exit route of the Colorado river.

Other considerations, of course, would be does the cow work an 8-hour day, does she ever get a day off, or does she work 24/7?

Share this: Stumbleupon Reddit Email + More

TrackBacks

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/39913

Comments

1

Hmmm...

Posted by: Mustafa Mond, FCD | May 7, 2007 12:03 PM

Post a Comment

(Email is required for authentication purposes only. On some blogs, comments are moderated for spam, so your comment may not appear immediately.)





ScienceBlogs

Search ScienceBlogs:

Go to:

Advertisement
Enter to win a free copy of The Monty Hall Problem
Visit the Collective Imagination blog
Advertisement
Collective Imagination

© 2006-2009 Seed Media Group LLC. ScienceBlogs is a registered trademark of Seed Media Group. All rights reserved.

Sites by Seed Media Group: Seed Media Group | ScienceBlogs | SEEDMAGAZINE.COM