FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ME!

My friend, Milky and I eating! Our favourite pasttime! ^^


Well I have decided that you guys don't really know much about cows, do you? In case you're thinking that cows are boring, wait till you get a load of these cool facts! They're sure to change your typical view of cows.

1. 

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

2. 

Cows drink 30 gallons of water a day.

3. 

A cow has about 207 bones in its body.

4. 

Cows belch methane. (We can EXPLODE!! No, not really.)

5. 

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs, because a cow's knees cannot bend properly to walk back down. (SORRY. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY ME DOWN!)

6. 

 Cattle can perceive higher and fainter noises than humans can, and they can smell scents that are up to six miles away (if the wind is right). (LOOK HERE HUMANS. JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HEAR YOU CALLING FOR US COWS TO COME HOME, AND TAKE VERY LONG TO, DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR HEARING IS BAD!)


7.

Cows are red-green colour blind. That means that we cannot distinguish between red and green

8.

Besides eating grass, cows can also eat waste left over from what humans eat. For example, we can eat candy waste and soybean meal!!!

So just in case you were wondering, those were some facts about me! I hope you no longer think cows are a yawn!

-MooMoo

About the cow needing to chew a lot...

And so I've heard that humans think that we're weird because of how much we need to chew. Well then, Muggles, (Yes, I did attend the Friday barn movie screening... Not that cows were invited, but since the humans didn't notice that I was watching...) I would like to clear up some confusion on behalf of my proud kind.

I asked my doctor about it, and this is what he told me:

"Cow are ruminants, means the digestive system of cow allows to use of otherwise indigestible foods by continually regurgitating and rechewing them as "cud"."

Well, to put in simpler terms, we cows can eat food that humans find indigestible as we can chew and chew and chew and eventually swallow it. Pretty cool, huh?

Apparently, cows are herbivores, and we feed on plants. Food is consumed through the mouth. The tongue helps us to gather grass and then the grass is pinched off between our incisors and dental pad, thus entering our mouths. Our teeth helps in chewing and grinding food. Chewing helps the feed to mix thoroughly with the saliva. Saliva is secreted by salivary glands initiates starch digestion and contains sodium bicarbonate which helps to maintain neutral pH (6.5-7.2) for microbial growth. 

Hmm I'll go look up other information, and I'll post them here later. :) Maybe I'll ask the smart owl for some help...

-MooMoo

Went for a check up today...

After being in this little farm for so long, Mr Farmer finally decided to bring me to a doctor to have a little check up, to make sure that I'm fine. It was really interesting, learning about different parts of the cow. I learnt a lot, and I thought that I'd set up a blog (or so that's what the humans call it) on the Internet to share about it.

-MooMoo