Cattle… or cows.
- Cattle are members of the subcategory, Bovinae, meaning medium to large hoofed animals.
- Cattle are usually raised for the meat, milk and as draft animals (pull carts etc) and also produce leather and manure.
- It is estimated that there is 1.3 billion cattle in the world.
- In some countries, such as India, cattle are considered sacred.
- An adult male cattle are called bulls, females who have given birth are called cows, a female who hasn’t given birth is called a heifer, newborn cattle (male or female) are called calves and draft cattle are called oxen.
- A newborn calf usually weighs between 25-45 kg (55-99 pounds).
- All cattle are colour blind to the colours red and green.
- Cattle have about 22,000 genes which 80% of humans also have.
- The average amount of sleep per day, for cattle, is four hours.
- In 2009, India had the most cattle in the world – a population of 281,700,000, and Brazil had the second most – 87,087,000.
Bibliography:
Cattle 2 December 2012, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle>
