It's a sad fact, but humans will never know if cows are superstitious.

So when one of the docile mooers became stuck on the 13th floor of a tower block, it will remain a mystery if it cursed the unlucky number.

Fire crews answered the call from worried neighbours in Chelyabinsk, near the Ural mountains in Russia where they found the high-rise heifer trying to get into a lift. It is unknown whether the daft daisy was trying to get back down to earth.

The animal was eventually led to safety by stairs. As yet no reports are emerging as to what the beast was doing up there. 'Cud' he have been suicidal? Peheheh...

Meanwhile, some thousands of miles east, in the USA, a bat was released at an NBA basketball match between the San Antonio Spurs and the Sacramento Kings. Check out the rapid, but slightly harsh, reflexes of Spurs' Manu Ginobili who swatted the winged invader, after the jump.