Strange facts about cows

• Cows eat about 100 lbs of feed and drink 30-50 gallons of water per day.

• Cows don’t bite grass, they curl their tongue around it.

• Cows can be gentle and even know how to cry.

• Cows give about 200,000 glasses of milk in their lifetime.

• Cows from different places or regions “moo” differently.

• Cows do not make “chocolate milk”, contrary to what 7% of Americans believe (poll by Innovation Center for Dairy).

• Cows and humans have around 80% similar genes, according to the National Institutes of health and the USDA.

• Cows can walk upstairs, but not downstairs. The joints in their knees just don’t bend the right way.

Image by Ulrike Leone