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A fresh cow is a dairy term for a cow (or a first-calf heifer in few regions) who has recently given birth, or "freshened." The adjective applying to cattle in general is usually bovine. The terms bull, cow and calf are also used by extension to denote the sex or age of other large animals, including whales, hippopotamus, camels, elk and elephants.
The etymology of the term "freemartin" is uncertain: speculations include that "free" may indicate "willing" (referring to the freemartin's willingness to work) or "exempt from reproduction" (referring to its sterility, or to a farmer's decision to not bother trying to breed a freemartin, or both), or that it may be derived from a Flemish word for a cow which gives no milk and/or has ceased to ...
In The Cow, an Iranian movie by Dariush Mehrjui the protagonist, Masht Hassan, lives in a cowshed and eats hay after being led to believe that his beloved dairy cow has run away. In his delusion, he speaks on the cow's behalf, claiming under the guise of the cow that her master (Hassan himself) is still watching over her from outside the cowshed.
18. If you feel like you’ve herd all these cow puns before, you probably have deja-moo. 19. Cow bells make such beautiful moosic. 20. A cow in an earthquake is called a milkshake. RELATED ...
Their hearing is better than that of horses, [38] but worse at localising sounds than goats, and much worse than dogs or humans. [39] They can distinguish between live and recorded human speech. [40] Olfaction probably plays a large role in their social life, indicating social and reproductive status.
Given that as most people age they have a harder time digesting dairy products, this number appears lower than expected. In fact, about 36% of Americans and 68% of people in the world experience ...
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There were objections, saying that quality and not colour should be the aim, and that the cattle should be called "Dutch" rather than Holsteins. Only a small number of carriers were identified over the hundred-year span from the early importations until they were accepted into the Canadian and American herd books in 1969 and 1970, respectively.