科學家驗證奶牛的幽默感
A comedian performed a stand-up routine to a field of cows in an experiment intended to see if they have a sense of humour。
Milton Jones was joined by cow expert Bruce Woodacre on a Hertfordshire farm to test the reaction of a herd of fresians。
He performed a special set of visual and verbal jokes, called Pull The Udder One, while Mr Woodacre monitored the cows' reaction。
Mr Jones said: "Writing comedy for cows was very different to my day job but a comedian plays to his audience, so I wrote a raft of new material to really get under their hides。
Mr Woodacre, who has studied cow behaviour for more than 40 years, said: "Happy cows are more productive. Most of the herd crowded closely round the stage and jostled for a good position. They had their mouths open and their ears laid back, indicating they were relaxed and content. Not everyone was entertained though - I definitely heard some low heckling moos and there were even a few walk-outs."
英國的一位喜劇演員爲了驗證奶牛是否具有幽默感，決定對着一羣奶牛做喜劇表演。
這個名叫米爾頓•瓊斯的喜劇演員還請來了赫特福德郡的奶牛養殖專家布魯斯•伍德科爾做幫手。
他在奶牛面前眉飛色舞、手舞足蹈地講笑話，而伍德科爾先生則負責觀察牛羣的反應。
瓊斯先生說：“給牛做喜劇表演非常具有挑戰性，但作爲喜劇演員我必須得娛樂我的觀衆，所以我必須儘量編排出一些能讓這些傢伙感到好笑的東西。”
伍德科爾先生研究奶牛的行爲已經四十多年了，他說：“奶牛感到快樂時產奶量就高。你看這些傢伙有序地圍在舞臺周圍，微張着嘴，耷拉着耳朵，一副輕鬆愜意的表情。當然它們不是都喜歡看“娛樂節目”——我就聽到某些傢伙會小聲地叫着，彷彿在臺下起鬨，還有幾頭居然不屑一顧地走開了。”
