10 fun facts about cows you had no clue about

TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Apr 6, 2022, 15:00 IST

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They are sacred among Hindus and have big innocent eyes with really long eyelashes. If you give them little love or even a second long attention, they will come to you to get more love like most animals. But did you know these 10 fun facts about them? Scroll down and add some facts to your general knowledge.

10 fun facts about cows you had no clue about

All cows have a set of 32 teeth and they can chew 50 times in a minute.
Cow’s stomach can hold upto 50 gallons of partially digested food and they can chew for 8 hours a day by consuming 40 pounds of food a day.
A cow can drink 30 to 50 gallons of water on a daily basis and we humans struggle to have 8 glasses!
A cow can urinate upto 30 gallons everyday
Cows are structured in a way that they stand up and lay down almost 14 times in a day.
The origin of cows lies in Turkey! They were in fact domesticated for the first time in the country almost 10,500 years ago.
Cows are awesome swimmers! They may seem heavy but they are born swimmers.
They are not sleepy heads like they seem. Cows can spend 10 to 12 hours just lazing away, sitting around but interestingly they do not sleep for more than 4 hours a day.
They help us with greenhouse gas emissions and are in fact one of the biggest sources of it. They can produce upto 500 litres of gas per day.
They cannot see red. Cows are actually colour blinded as per human standards, They do not even have the receptors in the retina which can recognise the red colour. When a bull is chasing the red, it is actually chasing a dull yellowish grey piece of waving flag. They don’t care about the colour.