Let us know the amazing facts of Australian Cow
- One of the largest cow in the world
- COMMON NAME : Cow
- TYPE: Mammal
- DIET: Herbivore
- AVERAGE LIFE SPAN: 12-14 years
- LENGTH: 5 ft 11 in
- WEIGHT: 400-520kg
- Cows spend 10 to 12 hours a day lying down, but most of that is well-earned relaxation time, not sleep. In fact, an average cow will only sleep about four hours a day, usually in short increments throughout the day. Sleep studies have also shown that, like in humans, lack of sleep can affect a cow’s health, productivity, and behaviour.
- The animal is considered a sacred symbol of life, and cows in Hindu-majority cultures often roam the streets freely and take part in holiday traditions.
- In some cases, there are laws to protect cows from harm. The strictest of these are found in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, where punishments for killing a cow include seven years of prison time, and politicians have formed a “Cow Cabinet” to ensure the welfare of the animal.
- When cows digest food, fermentation results in a large amount of methane; cattle produce 250 to 500 liters of the gas per day, and it’s a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Livestock is responsible for 14.5 percent of all emissions, and beef and dairy cattle outpace all other livestock as methane emitters.
- Since the majority of the 1.4 billion cows on the planet are raised as livestock, reducing our consumption of meat and dairy products has been proven as an effective way to combat global climate change.
- The old adage that bulls charge when they see the colour red is simply not true.
- The colour doesn’t make them angry; in fact, cows are colour blind by human standards and don’t even have a retina receptor that can process red hues. To a raging bull, a bright red cape just looks like a dull yellowish gray.
- When a matador convinces a bull to charge, it is likely the movement of the waving flag or cape that elicits the response, not the colour.
