Cattle facts: - Female cattle are called cows and males are called bulls. Babies are called calves. - Cows drink about a bathtub full of water and eat around 40 pounds of food per day. - Contrary to popular belief, cows do not have 4 stomachs but only one, however they do have 4 digestive compartments. - Cows can hear higher and fainter noises than humans and can smell things from about 6 miles away.

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Female cattle are cows,
males are bulls and babies are calves.
Instead of
lapping water with their tongues, cows Amazing
make use of a sucking action.
The average dairy
cows do not have 4
Contrary to popular belief,
cow gives 200’000
stomachs but only one; however, they do have 4 glasses of milk
digestive compartments.
during her
Lifetime.
Cows are ruminant animals which means that cows regurgi-
tate their food and re-chew the cud to help digestion.
Cattle are very curious and they have a tendency Info Box
to investigate anything.
In India cows
A cow grazes for about 8 hours every day. A cow doesn‘t bite are holy
the grass as she feeds; she curls her tongue around it. animals

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Cows drink about
a bathtub full
of water and eat around 18 kg or 40 pounds
of food a day.
A cow weighs about 1400 lbs. ca. 640 kg. Did you know?
It is possible
A cow has 207 bones in its body. to lead a cow
upstairs but not
Cows have cloven hooves. Their toes spread, so that their
downstairs,
wide feet do not sink so deeply into mud and it is easier for because a cow‘s
them to gallop through boggy places. knees cannot
bend properly
Cattle can hear higher and fainter noises than to walk
humans can, and they can smell things from downwards.
about 9 km or ca. six miles away.
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In English cows make “moo”, in Spanish
“muuu”, in French “meuh”, in German
“muh” – in Finnish they start with
a vowel; they make “ammuu”.

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True or False?
1. Female cattle are called bulls.
2. A cow only grazes for about one hour per day.
3. The average dairy cow gives 200,000 glasses of milk
d
­ uring her lifetime.
4. Cows have cloven hooves.
5. Cows can hear better than humans.
Anwers:
1. F (cows), 2. F (8hrs.), 3. T, 4. T, 5. T