Tail 12: Fast Cow Facts

The first cows in the US arrived by boat in Jamestown colony in 1611 

There are 6 main breeds of dairy cows in the world

Cows are considered holy in India 

Cows can smell up to 6 miles away

Brown Swiss cows have blue tongues

Cows drink 30-50 gallons of water a day- that’s a whole bathtub full!

Cows have 4 stomach compartments 

A single cow will eat around 80-100 lbs of food per day

Cows spend 6-8  hours eating each day

Cows spend 12-14 hours lying down each day 

Cows don’t have teeth on the top in the front of their mouths

A grown up cow will poop about 150 lbs per day

Cows can sleep while standing up

No 2 cows have the same exact spot pattern

Cows make up to 25 gallons of saliva every day

The oldest cow that ever lived was 48 years old and had 39 calves.Her name is Big Bertha

There are about 350 “squirts of milk” in a gallon of milk

There were 93.8 million cows in the US in 2020 and only 9.38 million dairy cows

California has the most dairy cows in the US with 1.7 million (2020)

Alaska has the fewest dairy cows in the US with only 300 cows on only 1 farm (2020)

Cows can see 360 degrees but they cannot see directly behind themselves

Cows have bad depth perception and they cannot walk downstairs