Suicide Cow

A few days ago we were driving south on the main road to do some errands. It was a bit of a rainy day, but other than that it was a normal drive. The two lane road here in New Zealand is a bit curvy and quite steep at times, so when you get behind a large truck they are usually going slower than you want to be. You have to wait a bit until the road straightens out or you get to a passing lane to get around the slow moving trucks. So, while heading into town we got stuck behind a cattle semi-trailer. These are double decker trailers. The bottom deck just has windows for ventilation, but the upper deck has a completely open roof. So while talking in the car we notice something black poke up for a second on the top of the truck, but it disappears so quickly we don't know what it is. A few seconds later it pops back up and we realize it is a cow head. Interesting... but not to big of a deal. But, as time passes the cow is getting more and more of his body into the air. We really thought he was going to jump out of the trailer and slam into our car. Dave had to back way off the truck as this crazy cow was literally trying to jump out of the truck. He was frantically rearing up and getting his front hooves over the side. A few times the cow had both his front legs and shoulders over the side. Luckily after about ten minutes of preparing for the cow to jump we were able to pass. Unfortunately we didn't have the good camera, but we did have the i-Phone so we snapped a quick picture as we passed the cow. This is just of his head sticking up, but we swear at times 1/3 of his body was over the side. We aren't sure if the cow made it to his final destination or if he attempted to fly.