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Cattle are herbivores – this means they only eat plants and no meat.
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Baby cattle are called “calves”
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Cattle are social animals, and form close friendships. Cattle will usually choose to spend much of their time with their favourite cattle friends and may dislike particular cattle.
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In India, cattle are considered sacred and are allowed to roam the streets freely.
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Due to farming, there are over a billion cattle in the world.
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Cattle usually weigh between 720 – 1100kg!
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Cattle can live up to 25 years old.
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Catte are ruminants. This means that they have four stomachs!
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Cattle spots are unique, like humans’ finger prints. No two cattle's spots are exactly the same!
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Cows cannot produce milk until she has had a calf.
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Cattle only have bottom teeth.
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Cattle swallow their food, spit it back up, and chew it all over again. This is called ‘chewing the cud’, and is part of how their special stomach works.
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Cattle can hold up to 190 litres of food that has been partially digested in their stomach.
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Cattle stand up and lay down about 14 times a day.
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Cattle have a great sense of smell and can smell up to 9km away!
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Cattle do not actually bite grass - instead, they curl their tongue around it.
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Cattle can hear lower and higher frequencies better than humans.
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Cattle can doze standing up, but they only sleep deeply when lying down.
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Cattle are very curious and inquisitive animals who will often investigate anything new!