Chloe's Chemoo Cows

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Fab Facts About Cows

We hope you enjoy reading these 'Fab Fact's about cows!

Cows "moo" and use different body positions and facial expressions to communicate with each other.
A cow's spots are like a fingerprint. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.
Cows are ruminants, which are cud chewing mammals. Sheep and camels also are ruminants.
Cows are very social animals. They form large herds and will bond to some herd members while avoiding others.
A cow chews her cud (regurgitated, partially digested food) for up to 8 hours each day.
Cows drink about a bathtub of water and eat around 95 pounds of food a day.
Cows can live 25 years. You can guess the age of a cow that has horns by counting the number of rings on the horns.
Per day, a cows spends 6 hours eating and 8 hours chewing cud. A cow doesn't bite the grass, but she curls her tongue around it. A cow has no upper front teeth.
Cows have cloven hooves. In galloping through boggy places or in deep mud, cattle can run faster than a horse. Their toes spread, and therefore their wide feet do not sink so deep as do those of the solid-hoofed horse.
A cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.