COWS ARE COOL: LOVE ‘EM!
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Some Facts About Cows !
Cows can communicate with each other by “mooing” frequently. This helps them keep in contact, especially when it is dark. Cows also communicate through a wide variety of physical movements and facial expressions.
Cows have been known to form lifelong friendships.
Cows will look out for the old and weak members of the herd. When dairy cows return to be milked, a leader is selected to guide the way.
Their mother’s milk and good exercise are crucial to the growth of a happy calf. In a natural environment, a calf nurses for up to eight months (much more than the few days or hours that factory farms allow). This is how the calf receives all the nutrients it needs and develops its immunities. The calf ’s strength and coordination are built through playing with other calves.
Some Facts About Cows !
Cows can communicate with each other by “mooing” frequently. This helps them keep in contact, especially when it is dark. Cows also communicate through a wide variety of physical movements and facial expressions.
Cows have been known to form lifelong friendships.
Cows will look out for the old and weak members of the herd. When dairy cows return to be milked, a leader is selected to guide the way.
Their mother’s milk and good exercise are crucial to the growth of a happy calf. In a natural environment, a calf nurses for up to eight months (much more than the few days or hours that factory farms allow). This is how the calf receives all the nutrients it needs and develops its immunities. The calf ’s strength and coordination are built through playing with other calves.
In western terminology, cow is a term used to describe female cattle that have given birth. Females who have not yet had any babies are called heifers. Males are called bulls and the young are known as calves.
Cows have excellent senses of hearing and smell. They can hear high and low frequencies better than humans, and can detect odors from as far away as 8km.
A cow’s coat is like a snowflake – each spot on a cow is unique so no two cows are exactly alike.
Cows living in herds will cooperate to protect all their young.
Cows have excellent senses of hearing and smell. They can hear high and low frequencies better than humans, and can detect odors from as far away as 8km.
A cow’s coat is like a snowflake – each spot on a cow is unique so no two cows are exactly alike.
Cows living in herds will cooperate to protect all their young.
I have my 10 cows in Sri lanka. I am planing to feed children a free glass of milk a day. I have 100 kids in my village school. I want them to learn how important it is to appreciate all the animal on earth. They are very dependable.They are very precious. Can you imagine how boring life would be if only people were around you without any animals or birds? Please email me at ilovemy10cows@yahoo.com
~Roshan Goonathilake
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The protection of cows maintains the most miraculous form of food, i.e., milk for maintaining the finer tissues of the brain for understanding higher aims of life. |