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  • To make 34 litres of milk a day, a cow must drink 68 litres of fresh, clean water.
  • A cows pregnancy is the same as humans - 9 months.
  • A Holstein's spots are like a fingerprint, no two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.
  • The cow must be a mother before she will produce milk and she will make around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.


  • A one year old female calf is called a heifer.
  • In the top front of a cows mouth, they have a tough pad of skin instead of teeth. They have 8 incisors on the bottom front and 6 strong molars on the top and bottom of each side to grind their food. A total of 32 teeth.
  • Some people say that a cow has four stomachs. Actually, a cow has one stomach with four compartments.
  • Two ingredients found in milk that make it really healthy are Calcium and Vitamin D, both are major nutrients necessary for strong bones and teeth.
  • Cows are usually milked twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening before the cows go to bed.
  • Milk is held underneath the cow in the udder and comes out from the 4 teats that are attached.


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