Exercise of the brain is as important

[Lightning Fish]

Well technnically calves drink milk and bovines in general could be construed as drinking milk when they are young, but "cows" is a term generally reserved for mature bovines (including the sub catagories of heifers, bulls and steers) and mature female bovines will not generally tolerate other mature bovines drinking milk.

From dictionary.com:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cow

cow
n.
1. The mature female of cattle of the genus Bos.
2. The mature female of other large animals, such as whales, elephants, or moose.
3. A domesticated bovine of either sex or any age.

I'll draw your attention to description number 3. And also according to my 2 year old, a cow is a cow is a cow.

Cheers,
Bill.

 

[H2Andy]

as a complete aside, i had a bull calf named after me (Andy-Ro); he was like
1/4 descendant from some 100% pure-bred sire and his mom was a natural daughter
(not artificially inseminated) of the 1999 US champion or something.

they sold the little bull for almost $10 k (i didn't get a penny)

i'm trying to remember the breed... it's something like charleis, charlays

 

[Maya]

as a complete aside, i had a bull calf named after me (Andy-Ro); he was like
1/4 descendant from some 100% pure-bred sire and his mom was a natural daughter
(not artificially inseminated) of the 1999 US champion or something.

they sold the little bull for almost $10 k (i didn't get a penny)

i'm trying to remember the breed... it's something like charleis, charlays

charolais, I think it is (trying to remember back to Ag class...) aren't they the ones with the humps on their backs? Uhhhhh Andy? Why did someone name a humped backed cow after you??

 

[jonnythan]

Moooo.

 

[ScubaFreak]

So does low-fat milk come from skinny cows?

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Oh, by the way, the two teats to the rear are the ones that give chocolate milk.

Only if it is a brown cow.

 

[H2Andy]

Uhhhhh Andy? Why did someone name a humped backed cow after you??

that's what happens when your father in law likes you :11:

 

[Firebrand]

http://www.lamartin.com/farm/images/other/brahma_bull%208-1965.jpg

Here is a "hump-back" bull! Moo.

 

[H2Andy]

yeah... but that's a bhraman (sp?) bull... the charlois (sp?) ones are white-cream
and very pretty... no hump on them

ok, had to google it

it's brahman (your pic) and charolais (my bull):

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/

 

[Firebrand]

Ok, here's a good riddle, what can you put into a barrell, that you can see with the naked eye, that will make it lighter?