Cows can easily walk down stairs.
Did you know that you can lead a cow up steps but not down? It has to do with weight distribution. Imagine a cow walking up stairs. The weight is towards the rear and when the knees bend they are pointing up. Now imagine the same cow going down stairs. The weight of the cow is now distributed to the front of the cow. Their knees are pointed down and they need to rely on faith that the next step is within landing distance or they will tumble down.
Cows can walk down stairs as long as the steps are shallow enough. Some dairy sheds have stairs for the cows to walk down if the shed is on slanted ground.
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70 Comments
Rick Gray
Had cows for decades, the answer is true. What is “easily”?
Marshal Alan Rainge
I just viewed a cow walking down some stairs on YouTube! The cow did not tumble forward.
bjstews
The key word is "easily", they can go down, but not easily.
Karin Johansson
DONNA, horses can't but cows can
Karin Johansson
Debbie Vandenberg, not
Karin Johansson
Humberto Carrasco, which is actually wrong
Karin Johansson
Joseph A. Robitaille, not at all
Karin Johansson
Diane Carpenter Wynn, when the answers to a question is incorrect it is needed to be argued. Otherwise not.
Karin Johansson
Deborah Davidson, where the answer is incorrect
Karin Johansson
They can walk in stairs!
✨KRISTA✨
Linda Lucke, i believe 🤔 it was Neidermeyer's horse 🐎. I don't remember a cow.🐮
Charles Borg
While cows won’t walk down stairs on their own, it has been proven that cows will walk down stairs if you force them to. So, yes, cows can walk down stairs.
elizawheeler
If you have arthritis in your knees, you know that going down strairs or slopes forward is much more difficult that going backwards.
Monty Mathias
My father and his cronies coaxed a cow onto the second floor of their dormitory. He never did explain how they got the poor creature back down.
I suppose in the process they had some unexpected mess on their hands.
David Stokes
I've was carer for a cow, they went up, and came down with no problems. Some people must have sooky cows.
L Lh Adams
I've had to build paths up,and down limestone hills to rescue stranded Cows on my farm. They get up there,but won't[or can't ] get down. They go up to access good grass and spring water,but stay there and [I guess] miss their herd.
dmarkc
So, it's not easy for people to get them to do it.
dmarkc
Rick Gray, or can they easily do it, but they prefer not to.