Fun facts about cows
Cows can smell up to 10 kilometres
Cows are red-green colour-blind. In a bullfight, its the waving of the cape that attracts the bull not the red colour
A cow’s heart beats between 60 and 70 beats per minute
Cows can hear lower and higher frequencies better than humans.
An average dairy cow weighs about 500kg
A cows normal body temperature is 38.6
The average cow chews at least 50 times per minute.
The typical cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.
An average cow has more than 40,000 jaw movements in a day.
Cows actually do not bite grass; instead they curl their tongue around it.
Cows can see almost completely behind then without moving their head
Cows have a single stomach, but four different digestive compartments.
Cows are pregnant for 9 months just like people
A dairy cow can produce 57kg of saliva a day
Cows spend 8 hours per day eating, 8 hours chewing her cud (regurgitated, partially digested food), and 8 hours sleeping
You can lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs. Cows knees can’t bend properly to walk downstairs.
Cows can’t vomit
The average cow drinks 115 to 190 litres of water each day
The average cow produces 32kg of milk. That’s 30 litres per day!
Cows only have teeth on the bottom
Cows have a great sense of smell. They can smell something up to 6 miles away
Dairy cows are economic job creating machines! 1 dairy cow creates 4 full time jobs in the local community
A Holstein’s spots are like a fingerprint. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of black and white spots. They are all different- Lashawnda -
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