Mr. Cow
(Or should that be Ms. Cow?)
Here are some interesting facts
about Mr. Yak's cousin, Mr/Ms. Cow!!!
The Watusi breed of cattle like to
sleep in tight-knit groups called a glum. So, the next time someone asks:
"Why so glum, chum?", you can say "You saying I look like a cow? That doesn't
help matters."
In the ancient Celtic religion
the cows of different colors held different meanings: A black cow meant
death; a brown cow meant fertility; and white cows symbolized the sun cult.
The lighter under-color seen on
some cows is said to act as a natural camouflage by highlighting the shadow
underneath the cow, which thereby renders the cow more two-dimensional
and harder for a predator to see.
You can guess the age of a cow
that has horns by counting the number of rings on the horns.
A 1000 pound cow produces an average
10 TONS of manure every year!
A cow can live 25 years.
A maverick is a cow that escaped
getting branded.
Cows have almost total 360-degree
panoramic vision.
Old cows in India have their own
nursing homes.
A cow can detect odors up to five
miles away.
An average cow with two milkings
produces about ten gallons of milk a day, or 50-60 pounds.
A cow stands up and sits down about
14 times a day.
Cambridge, Massachusetts started
off as a cow pasture.
Boston was actually laid out by
cow paths.
It takes about 1.5 gallons of milk
to make one gallon of ice cream.
Per day, a cow spends six hours
eating and eight hours chewing cud.
Mooing at a mother and her calf
is very upsetting to the animals.
Cows can see color.
Cows in Wisconsin outnumber people
two to one.
Cows are music lovers! They have
been known to give up to 35% more milk when listening to Elvis. (P.S. I
didn't say they had good taste!)
The Sanskrit word for "war" means
"desire for more cows."
Cow