Today: Milkshake it Off: Dancers in inflatable-cow costumes bust a moo-ve in supermarkets
If you've ever gone grocery shopping and thought, "I wish a dancer in an inflatable cow costume would shake it to some hot beats in the freezer aisle," you're either a little odd, or you're familiar ...
Milkshake it Off: Dancers in inflatable-cow costumes bust a moo-ve in supermarkets
Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature males are called bulls.
The female is first a heifer calf, growing into a heifer and becoming a cow. Depending on the breed, mature bulls weigh 450–1,800 kg (1,000–4,000 pounds) and cows 360–1,100 kg (800–2,400 pounds).
Most farm cows are bred artificially–that is, a sperm is implanted in the cow. This helps farmers to avoid certain genetic problems. As an adult, a cow will give birth to a single calf once every two years or so. Though the natural lifespan of a cow can go over twenty years, most cows don’t live too much beyond ten years.
Today, cows are domesticated ungulates (hoofed animals with two toes on each hoof) that we see very often chewing the grass in farmers fields as we walk or drive through the countryside. There is an estimated 1.3 billion head of cattle and 920 breeds of cow in the world today.
Cows - Information & Facts on Cows,Bulls & Calves - Animal Corner