cowsareawesome

COW FACTS

Although a cow has no upper front teeth, it grazes up to 8 hours a day, taking in about 45 kg (100 lb) of feed and the equivalent of a bath tub full of water. A healthy cow gives about 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

A cow has four stomachs: the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum. The rumen is the largest stomach and acts as a fermentation chamber. The abomasum is last of the four and is comparable in both structure and function to the human stomach.

With all its grazing and many stomachs, it is no wonder that cows are one of the main contributors to the hole in the ozone layer. Apart from CFC, the biggest culprit is hydrocarbon emissions from cars and cows. Yes, cows! Cows release some 100 million tons of hydrocarbon annually - by releasing gas. To give you an idea of how much gas a cow emits: if the gas of 10 cows could be captured, it would provide heating for a small house for a year.

But unlike what you think, cows release hydrocarbon mostly by burping.

The average lifespan of a cow is 7 years. The oldest cow ever recorded was Big Bertha. She reached 48 in 1993. She also holds the record for producing 39 calves.
There are more than a billion cattle in the world, about 200 million in India.
Twelve cows are known as a "flink."

I am cow
Hear me moo
I weigh twice
As much as you
And I look good
On the barbeque
Yogurt, curd
Cream cheese and butter's
Made from liquid
From my udders
I am cow
I am cow
Hear me moo!
I am cow
Eating grass
Methane gas
Comes out my ass
And out my muzzle
When I belch
The ozone layer is thinner
From the outcome
Of my dinner
I am cow
I am cow
I've got gas
I am cow
Here I stand
Far and wide
Upon this land
And I am living everywhere
From BC to Newfoundland
You can squeeze
My teats by hand
I am cow

-joannisawesome