This week at the Zoo

Cow

How to draw a Cow :)
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• Cows are also known as cattle.

• Cows are herbivores meaning they eat grasses, plants, corn.  They do not eat meat.

• Cows say “moo” as a way to communicate.

• A male is called a bull.

• A female who has given birth is called a cow.

• A female who has not given birth is called a heifer.

• A baby cow is called a calf.

• Cows live on every continent except Antarctica.

• In India where they practice the Hindu religion cows are sacred and are allowed to roam the streets free.

  Cow dung is used in rural India as a bio-fuel. In villages, almost everyone has cows.  Few festivals in India are “Cow Festivals”. On these days, cows are cleaned, dressed up nicely, worshiped and offered great food to eat. Cows are also used in the villages to plough the fields.

• Around 300 million cows live in India!

• Cows weigh between 400-1,600 pounds!

• Cows have 32 teeth.

• Cows drink 35 gallons a water a day.

• They eat 50 pounds of food a day.

• Cows live up to 25 years.

• In deep mud cows can run faster than horses!

• A cow has one stomach with four compartments.  The rumen, reticulum, omasum and the abomasum.

• Cow are ruminates meaning they can digest food that can normally not be digested.

• Like a human’s fingerprints no two cow’s spots are exactly the same.

• A cow is pregnant for nine months.  A calf is about 90 pounds when they are born.

• Cows have excellent sense of smell.  They can smell up to 5 miles away.

• Beef and milk comes from cows.

• Veal comes from calves.

• We make most dairy products such as butter, cream, ice cream and cheese from the milk we get from cows.

• Cows do not produce milk until after they have given birth.

• Did you know that it takes 350 squirts from a cow to get one gallon of milk!

• A cow can produce 6 gallons of milk a day!

• Did you know that if you eat something spicy drinking milk will help cool your mouth.

• Cows can go up stairs but cannot walk down.