Animal Facts Wednesday

~Did you know cows can drink about 35 lbs of water a day?
~They also spend about 7-8 hours chewing their food-- you know ruminating... uh huh.
~There's evidence of their domestication going as far back as 6500 bc.
~There are over 800 breeds of cattle.

Bonus: 2nd AFW

Geese have serrated bills and make excellent watchdogs- I think they also eat ticks and snails so that's a plus.

Way more cowfacts from the magical internet:
>> # A cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.
>> # A cow that weighs 1000 pound can produce an average 10 tons of manure every year.
>> # A cow usually spends 6-7 hours in day eating cud and around 8 hours on chewing it.
>> # Almost all the cows chew at least 50 times per minute.
>> # An average cow has more than 40,000 jaw movements in a day.
>> # An average cow produces 30 lbs of urine and 65 lbs pounds of feces daily.
>> # Cows are venerated in the Hindu religion of India.
>> # Cows can drink up to 35 gallons of water a day.
>> # Cows do not bite grass; rather they curl their tongue around it.
>> # Cows have a single stomach, but four digestive compartments.
>> # Cows have almost total 360-degree panoramic vision.
>> # Cows have an acute sense of smell and can smell something up to 6 miles away.
>> # Cows produce around 90 percent of the milk in the world.
>> # Dairy cows can produce up to 125 lbs of saliva a day.
>> # The average body temperature of a cow is 101.5°F.