12 interesting facts about cows
- A cow can climb up the stairs, but cannot climb down. This is because her knees cannot bend properly.
- The male counterpart of a cow is called bull and the offspring is known as a calf.
- A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
- A cow gives milk for the first time, only after she gives birth to a calf.
- A cow usually spends 6-7 hours in day eating cud and around 8 hours on chewing it.
- A cow that weighs 1000 pound can produce an average 10 tons of manure every year.
- An average cow has more than 40,000 jaw movements in a day.
- Almost all the cows chew at least 50 times per minute.
- Cows have a single stomach, but four digestive compartments.
- Cows are venerated in the Hindu religion of India.
- Cows produce around 90 percent of the milk in the world.
- Cows have almost total 360-degree panoramic vision.
