QUIRKY WORLD ... Farmers get the call to help labour moovement

USA: A new device being used in the US helps detect when a cow is going into labour by monitoring its tail movements.

Moocall uses sensors attached to the tail to look for movement patterns triggered by contractions, and then sends a text message or email to the farmer. On average, farmers are alerted about one hour before the birth.

But it is not foolproof. One unhappy cow rubbed her tail up against everything and banged the sensor on the wall to try to get it off, leading to false alarms.