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Hi all.............Day 7 of 30 poems in 30 days, one week gone already !
Here is the marvellous Marjory Lacy with
a little ditty about our bovine friends :-
Cows are social animals, and they naturally form large herds. And like people, they will make friends and bond to some herd members, while avoiding others
Cows are red-green colour blind. In a bullfight, its the waving of the cape that attracts the bull not the red colour
A cow’s heart beats between 60 and 70 beats per minute
Cows can hear lower and higher frequencies better than humans.
An average dairy cow weighs about 1,200 pounds.
A cows normal body temperature is 101.5°F.
The average cow chews at least 50 times per minute.
The typical cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.
An average cow has more than 40,000 jaw movements in a day.
Cows actually do not bite grass; instead they curl their tongue around it.
Cows have almost total 360-degree panoramic vision.
Cows have a single stomach, but four different digestive compartments.
Cows are pregnant for 9 months just like people
A dairy cow can produce 125 lbs. of saliva a day
Cows spend 8 hours per day eating, 8 hours chewing her cud (regurgitated, partially digested food), and 8 hours sleeping
You can lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs. Cows knees can’t bend properly to walk downstairs.
Cows can’t vomit
The average cow drinks 30 to 50 gallons of water each day
The average cow produces 70 lbs. of milk. That’s 8 gallons per day!
Cows only have teeth on the bottom
Cows have a great sense of smell. They can smell something up to 6 miles away
Dairy cows are economic job creating machines! 1 dairy cow creates 4 full time jobs in the local community
A Holstein’s spots are like a fingerprint. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of black and white spots. They are all different
The average cow will eat about 100 lbs. of feed per day
Hi all.............Day 7 of 30 poems in 30 days, one week gone already !
Here is the marvellous Marjory Lacy with
a little ditty about our bovine friends :-
COWS
I knew nothing about cows,
Except that they were large,
Some with horns, some with
Masses of hair!, the one that I
Could recognise was the
Highland Cattle!
Oh! And they say ‘MOO’ too.
Until Adam, on television’s
Countryfile programme, he is the
resident farmer, told us all about
The Belted Galloway,,
The Shorthorn’s
The English Old Spot
(or is that the pig?)
Sorry I meant, the English Longhorn,
There are the beautifully coloured
Jersey cows, with the eyes like deep
dark pools, whose milk produce the
Best milk and cheeses.
Then of course, there is the
‘Cow that jumped over the moon’.
I think we all know that one!
Facts about Cows
Cows are red-green colour blind. In a bullfight, its the waving of the cape that attracts the bull not the red colour
A cow’s heart beats between 60 and 70 beats per minute
Cows can hear lower and higher frequencies better than humans.
An average dairy cow weighs about 1,200 pounds.
A cows normal body temperature is 101.5°F.
The average cow chews at least 50 times per minute.
The typical cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.
An average cow has more than 40,000 jaw movements in a day.
Cows actually do not bite grass; instead they curl their tongue around it.
Cows have almost total 360-degree panoramic vision.
Cows have a single stomach, but four different digestive compartments.
Cows are pregnant for 9 months just like people
A dairy cow can produce 125 lbs. of saliva a day
Cows spend 8 hours per day eating, 8 hours chewing her cud (regurgitated, partially digested food), and 8 hours sleeping
You can lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs. Cows knees can’t bend properly to walk downstairs.
Cows can’t vomit
The average cow drinks 30 to 50 gallons of water each day
The average cow produces 70 lbs. of milk. That’s 8 gallons per day!
Cows only have teeth on the bottom
Cows have a great sense of smell. They can smell something up to 6 miles away
Dairy cows are economic job creating machines! 1 dairy cow creates 4 full time jobs in the local community
A Holstein’s spots are like a fingerprint. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of black and white spots. They are all different
The average cow will eat about 100 lbs. of feed per day
Poetry Challenge
NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April.
This blog is linked to the site and is quoted on it, therefore any work submitted her will receive a much larger audience !!
So go on.....have a go !!.
Submit via the contact button or email me at :-
neville.raper@gmail.com
NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is an annual project in which participating poets attempt to write a poem a day for the month of April.
This blog is linked to the site and is quoted on it, therefore any work submitted her will receive a much larger audience !!
So go on.....have a go !!.
Submit via the contact button or email me at :-
neville.raper@gmail.com