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rapidplatypus [350,000 glasses of milk]
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 ====== Cows ======
-====== Cows Produce More Milk When They Listen To Calm Music ======
+==== Cows Produce More Milk When They Listen To Calm Music ====
 Today, in the 21st century, we often forget about the fact that animals actually have feelings. However, various studies prove it. It turns out that you can really take much more humane care of milk production, e.g. through concerts or playing quiet classical music for cows, and thanks to that they can produce more milk.
-====== 350,000 glasses of milk ======
+==== 350,000 glasses of milk ====
-A single cow can produce around 6.3 gallons of milk per day. This amounts to around 350,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime. [([[https://www.farmflavor.com/lifestyle/dairy-fun-facts/|Farm Flavor]])].
+A single cow can produce around 6.3 gallons of milk per day. This amounts to around 350,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime. [([[https://www.farmflavor.com/lifestyle/dairy-fun-facts/|Farm Flavor]])]
-====== Holstein's spots ======
+==== Holstein's spots ====
-Cows' skin patterns are known as Holstein’s spots. They are like human fingerprints. There are no two cows with an identical pattern of black and white spots. [([[https://www.drink-milk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/35-Fun-Facts-About-Dairy.pdf|Drink Milk]])].
+Cows' skin patterns are known as Holstein’s spots. They are like human fingerprints — there are no two cows with an identical pattern of black and white spots. [([[https://www.drink-milk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/35-Fun-Facts-About-Dairy.pdf|Drink Milk]])]
-====== Valuable milk ======
+==== Valuable milk ====
-Cows are a source of beef that steaks are made of. However, it is cheese, butter, and milk that are more valuable cows' produce than beef. [([[https://www.farmflavor.com/lifestyle/dairy-fun-facts/|Farm Flavor]])].
+Cows are our source of beef, which steaks are made of. However, their cheese, butter, and milk are more valuable than beef. [([[https://www.farmflavor.com/lifestyle/dairy-fun-facts/|Farm Flavor]])]
+==== Sacred cow ====
+In India, cows enjoy special status and are considered sacred creatures. [([[https://www.alimentarium.org/en/knowledge/sacred-cow|Alimentarium]])]
+==== Goddess Prithivi ====
+There are also passages in certain texts that describe the cow as an incarnation of the goddess Prithivi. [([[https://vedicgoddess.weebly.com/goddess-vidya-blog/devi-prithivi-by-yogi-ananda-saraswathi|Vedic Goddess]])]
+==== Life=span ====
+On average, cows live about twenty years. [([[https://a-z-animals.com/blog/cow-lifespan-how-long-do-cows-live/|A-Z Animals]])]
+==== Big Bertha ====
+One of the oldest cows was Big Bertha, a native of Ireland who boasts longevity. Berta was born in 1945 and died in 1993. [([[https://vetmedicinebd.com/big-bertha-cow-the-oldest-cow-in-the-world/|VetMedicine BD]])]
+==== Knickers ====
+The world's fattest cow Knickers lives in Australia and weighs over a ton. [([[https://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Australian-cow-Knickers-goes-viral-for-his-unusually-large-size-501433282.html|KWQC]])]
+==== Pregnancy ====
+A cow's pregnancy lasts 282 days and generally, one calf is born. [([[https://beef.unl.edu/faq/pregnant-cows|University of Nebraska Lincoln]])]
+==== Milking ====
+The interval between milking a cow should be no less than 12 hours. [([[https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(70)86251-8/pdf|Journal of Diary Science]])]
+==== Intelligence ====
+Cows are animals characterized by a very high intelligence quotient. [([[https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming/cows/hidden-lives-cows/|PETA]])]
+==== Emotions ====
+Some cows have been known to struggle with extreme shyness. [([[https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/17/AB&C_2017_Vol4(4)_Marino_Allen.pdf|Animal Behavior and Cognition]])]
+==== Mimicing humans ====
+Cows love to play and can mimic certain human behaviors. [([[https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/02/24/282169577/the-secret-lives-of-cows-jumping-for-joy?t=1653475700885|NPR]])]
+==== Panoramic sight ====
+Cows can see almost 360 degrees. [([[https://cvm.ncsu.edu/ten-things-you-did-not-know-about-cows/|NC State University]])]
+==== 800 different breeds ====
+There are over 800 different breeds of cattle in the world. [([[https://www.rspca.org.uk/documents/1494939/0/The+Welfare+of+beef+cattle+-+Information+Sheet+-+December+2019-min.pdf|RSPCA]])]
+{{tag>nature fauna food agriculture}}

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