A newborn calf weighs anywhere from 60 - 90 lbs. Holsteins can weigh 100 lbs. at birth.
Cows poop a lot - up to 15 times a day. They drain their radiators with equal vigor, excreting around 3? gallons of urine daily.
Cows can jump. If given a running start, they can jump over a fence?most never try because there's really no point.
Cows like to swim and frolic in the moonlight. Studies show their nocturnal activity increases when it's a full moon.
Cows have 300? (near panoramic) vision and can see in color, except red.
Cows have no top front teeth, just a tough pad of skin. Instead of biting at prairie grass and hay, cows use their long and flexible tongues that are course at the surface to wrap and pull the foliage in. They have nice bottom front teeth (eight) that secures the grass against the top pad, then will swing their heads up to break off the grass. They have six powerful molars (top and bottom of jaw) used for slight chewing the first time down, and for chewing the regurgitated cud on the rebound.
A cow has one stomach with four "compartments."
The normal cow's body temperature is 101.5?.
Veal is a sad example of human arrogance. It involves the practice of separating a young calf (commonly a male dairy calf) from its mother shortly after birth, confining it to a very small indoor pen without exercise or sunlight and feeding it an artificially formulated diet?all to keep the calf muscle pale and "tender." Calves are then slaughtered and this cholesterol-rich meat is served to sad sacs who consider it a delicacy. Public awareness has created a significant reduction in veal consumption over recent decades.