Facts about Cows
- Cows have almost panoramic, 360-degree vision, allowing them to watch for predators or humans from all angles.
- Cows have an acute sense of smell and can detect odors up to six miles away, which is also helpful in detecting imminent danger.
- Cows have no upper front teeth. Instead, they press their sharp bottom teeth against the top hard palate of their mouth to cut efficiently through blades of grass.
- The average dairy cow consumes more than 100 pounds of food per day and drinks up to 40 gallons of water per day.
- These extremely social creatures don’t like to be alone. So if a cow isolates herself, she’s either not feeling well or she’s about to give birth.
- Cows are red-green colorblind. In a bullfight, its the waving of the cape that attracts the bull not the red color
- Cows can hear lower and higher frequencies better than humans.
- Cows are pregnant for 9 months just like people
- There are more than 800 different breeds of cattle around the world.
- Every cow is unique – no two cows have the same markings.
- Cows can remember the faces of 100 other Cows!
- The mother cow-calf bond is particularly strong. There are countless cases of mother cows who frantically call and search for their calf long after he has been taken away from her.
- Cows chew at least 50 times per minute!