What are they called?
Cow is the word for the female animal and bull is the word for the male animal. A baby cow is called a calf.
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What do cows look like?
Cows come in lots of colours and types. Many farmers keep black and white cows because they make so much milk. Some cows can be brown. Some cows have horns and these are kept for their meat.
Cows have four hooved feet and thick skin. They are big and have a long tail. Cows have an udder which stores milk. |
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Where do cows live?
Cows live on a farm in a barn.
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What do cows eat?
Cows spend their day in a paddock eating green grass. The cow pulls the grass into her mouth with her tongue and chews and swallows it.
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What do we get from cows?
Cows gives us meat and milk. The milk is put into bottles for us to drink or it is made into cheese, butter and yogurt.
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Interesting Facts
Cows like to be together in a herd.
Cows lie down on their side to sleep. Each day, cows spend 8 hours eating, 8 hours chewing the cud and 8 hours resting. |
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