Cow survives lightning strike, 낙뢰맞고도 살아난 소

Cow survives lightning strike

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24995945-661,00.html

Staff writers

February 02, 2009 01:50pm

IN a sizzling tale of survival a cow is believed to have been struck by lightning and lived through the experience.

James Cook University Professor of Geo-Sciences Jon Nott said it was entirely feasible the cow could have survived, the Cairns Post reports.

"Cows are susceptible to lightning strikes because of both sets of legs being on the ground, and they're eating grass from where electricity is conducted from the strike so it is possible it happened but, more often than not, cows die from it," Prof Nott said.

"The electricity from a lightning strike would enter the front set of legs and exit out the back legs so, again, based on the picture, it is possible it happened," Prof Nott said.

"While I can't explain the knee wounds, the ankle wounds would be consistent with those of a lightning strike."

The lightning strike happened at a property near Gladstone last month, and these pictures have been doing the rounds of email inboxes.