Cow Facts

• In the U.S., the milk production per dairy cow is approximately 12,000 pounds.
• SIn Colorado, there are about 83,000 dairy cows.
• Humans and cows have the same gestation period, which is about nine months.
• Dexter is the smallest type of cow. This cow was bred to be a small size for household living.
• Dairy cows can produce 20 to 35 gallons of saliva a day.
• Cows drink anywhere from 25-50 gallons of water each day.
• Cows do not have any upper front teeth. Instead they have a thick pad on the top jaw.
• Cows can detect odors up to five miles away.
• Cows are able to hear lower and higher frequencies better than human beings.
• You would have to milk 260 cows for an entire year to fill a space shuttle's external fuel tank with 529,000 gallons of milk.
• There are over 9 million beef and dairy cattle in New Zealand.
• There are an equivalent number of cows and people in Friesland, Netherlands.
• The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
• The temperature of milk when it is coming out of a cow is about 36 degrees Celsius.
• Studies have shown that classical music helps cows produce more milk.
• On average, a typical dairy cow lies down and stands up about 14 times a day.
• On average, 350 squirts are needed from milking a cow to make a gallon of milk.
• A group of crows is called a murder.
• A cow releases about 125 gallons of gas per day.
• A cow averages 40,000 jaw movements a day.
• You can lead a cow up a stairwell but not down a stairwell.
• Cows have four-chambered stomachs.
• Cows can sleep standing up.
• A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
  
  Post By : Faizan Raza Khan.