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- 2. Size • Height: 5-6’ • Weight: 880-1760lbs • Coloring: Brown/Black/White sometimes arranged in splotches • Unique Features: - Thick Skin, that is popular for leather - 4 Compartment stomach, this makes digesting easy Wisconsoncentral.net
- 3. Location Cows are not usually found in the wild, mainly they are domesticated and on farms for their leather, beef, and milk. However their closest wild relatives yaks and bison, roam mountains in Asia or American grasslands. a-z-animals.com
- 4. Lifespan About 20 years About 12 yearsOn a commercial farm Living a natural life
- 5. Food Because cows are domesticated they eat what they are fed, which consists of the food that will improve their product and keep them healthy. This consists of grass, flower, and fruits and vegetables as well. Their wild distant family members eat just about the same, but wild! Greenprophet.com
- 6. FUN FACTS! Cows are color blind and not actually angered by red. What we see… What cow
- 7. FUN FACTS! Cows farts and burps are largely polluting our air with Ethanol gas.
- 8. FUN FACTS! Cows are sacred to Hindus, so in India they do not eat any of one of our American favorite meals!
- 9. Endangered Status Cows in general are not in any danger of going extinct as there are over a billion in the world. However, there are certain more specific types of cows that are quite in danger, such as: the Canadienne, the Florida Cracker, and the Milking Devon Livestockconservancy.org
- 10. Evolutionary History Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Bos Cows are said to have evolved from a group of wild oxen around 10,500 years ago Bioweb.uwlax.edu
- 11. Mating Cows are versatile maters. While they are domesticated and used for commercial product themselves their ability to mate with close ancestors like the yak and bison has made it possible to breed different types of hybrid cows. Globalspeculations.com
- 12. COW PICTURES!
- 13. This is Gabby. She lives at Disney World. Photo Credit: Avery Thomas
- 14. Works Cited "Cow." A-Z Animals. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014. "DNA Traces Cattle Back to a Small Herd Domesticated around 10,500 Years Ago." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014. "The Livestock Conservancy." The Livestock Conservancy. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.