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It's time for Holla Forums to learn all the interesting facts about COWS.

Random and interesting facts about cows

At first glance, cows might seem to be simple animals, but they’re not! Cows are fascinating animals. For instance did you know that cows can smell something up to 6 miles away, or that cows can produce 125 lbs. of saliva in one day. Here’s a list of interesting facts:

Cows are social animals, and they naturally form large herds. And like people, they will make friends and bond to some herd members, while avoiding others
Cows are red-green colorblind. In a bullfight, its the waving of the cape that attracts the bull not the red color
A cow’s heart beats between 60 and 70 beats per minute
Cows can hear lower and higher frequencies better than humans.
An average dairy cow weighs about 1,200 pounds.
A cows normal body temperature is 101.5°F.
The average cow chews at least 50 times per minute.
The typical cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day.
An average cow has more than 40,000 jaw movements in a day.
Cows actually do not bite grass; instead they curl their tongue around it.
Cows have almost total 360-degree panoramic vision.
Cows have a single stomach, but four different digestive compartments.
Cows are pregnant for 9 months just like people
A dairy cow can produce 125 lbs. of saliva a day
Cows spend 8 hours per day eating, 8 hours chewing her cud (regurgitated, partially digested food), and 8 hours sleeping
You can lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs. Cows knees can’t bend properly to walk downstairs.
Cows can’t vomit
The average cow drinks 30 to 50 gallons of water each day
The average cow produces 70 lbs. of milk. That’s 8 gallons per day!
Cows only have teeth on the bottom
Cows have a great sense of smell. They can smell something up to 6 miles away
Dairy cows are economic job creating machines! 1 dairy cow creates 4 full time jobs in the local community
A Holstein’s spots are like a fingerprint. No two cows have exactly the same pattern of black and white spots. They are all different
The average cow will eat about 100 lbs. of feed per day

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Here's some more insteresting facts about cows.

With those vacuous big eyes, galumphing gate and generally lazy-seeming demeanor, cows don’t get credit for much beyond providing the milk and meat that much of the world relies on. But in truth, there’s a lot more to cattle than just a bunch of Bessies sitting around chewing their cud. Consider the following facts:

1. Domestic cows are descendants of wild oxen known as aurochs, and they were first domesticated in southeast Turkey around 10,500 years ago. From the original 80 progenitors, an estimated 1.3 billion cattle exist today.

2. When scientists mapped out the bovine genome in 2009, they discovered that cattle have about 22,000 genes; 80 percent of their genes are shared with humans.

3. The word “cattle” comes from the Old French “chatel,” as in chattel, meaning property. In many parts of the world, cattle remain an indicator of economic wealth.

4. Female cattle are called cows; male cattle are called bulls. Generally in the English language we have a single word that we can use to refer to both the male or female of a species — like cat or dog. But cows are unique in that we don’t have a singular noun that refers equally to an adult cow or a bull; we just have cattle, which is plural. That said, in colloquial usage cattle are often referred to as cows, like in some of the references here.

Cows laying down
Cows don't sleep standing up, and they usually lie down for at least 10 hours a day. (Photo: danm12/Shutterstock)
5. Cows spend 10 to 12 hours a day lying down.

6. The average sleep time of a domestic cow is about four hours a day; unlike horses, they don’t sleep standing up.

7. Drunken rural carousers swear by their stories of tipping over cows in the middle of the night, but most experts assert that there's more urban myth going on than actual tipping. A 2005 study at the University of British Columbia concluded that tipping a cow would require an exertion of 2,910 newtons of force; meaning that a 4’7” cow pushed at an angle of 23.4 degrees relative to the ground would require the equivalent strength of 4.43 people to tip the poor thing over.

8. A dairy cow that is milking consumes around 100 pounds of feed each day.

9. When cows digest food, fermentation results in a large amount of methane; cattle produce 250 to 500 liters (and by some accounts, up to 1,000 liters) of the gas per day.

10. According to Stanford University, livestock account for anywhere between 18 and 51 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions measured in CO2 equivalent.

11. Just like dogs, cows enjoy a good rubdown, whether on the head, neck or back, as seen in this video of a cow using a "Happycow" machine.

12. There are about 350 udder squirts in a gallon of milk.

13. Researchers have found that if you name a cow and treat her as an individual, she will produce almost 500 more pints of milk a year.

14. A German study found that cows tend to face either magnetic north or south when grazing or resting, regardless of the sun’s position or the wind’s direction. The study’s author says that magnetic compass orientation has been relatively under-studied in mammals; why cows use it remains a mystery.

15. Cattle have almost 300 degrees of vision, with blind spots only right in front of and behind them.

16. Cows have favorite friends and become stressed when they are separated. In a study measuring isolation, heart rates and cortisol levels, researcher Krista McLennan concluded that, "When heifers have their preferred partner with them, their stress levels in terms of their heart rates are reduced compared with if they were with a random individual."

17. Cattle are unable to see the color red; the red flags used by matadors only catch a bull’s attention because of the movement.

18. Cows can have regional accents. After a group of dairy farmers noticed their cows had different moos, language specialists determined that, "In small populations such as herds you would encounter identifiable dialectical variations which are most affected by the immediate peer group."

19. Cows have an excellent sense of smell and can detect odors up to six miles away.

20. Hindu nations believe that cows are holy and there are strict laws to protect them. The toughest come from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, where anyone convicted of killing a cow or taking it somewhere to be killed can be jailed for up to seven years.

21. The world’s most expensive cow, Missy, brought in $1.2 million at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in 2009.

Some might be repeated from the previous post, but there's a lot of repeated cows, so it it's fitting

The next set of facts is kid-friendly. Remember to link this thread to your kids so they can learn all about our bovine friends.

Cows are also known as cattle.

Cows are herbivores meaning they eat grasses, plants, corn. They do not eat meat.

There are many types of cows.

Cows are smart and intelligent animals.

They are also social animals and interact with other cows.

Cows say “moo” as a way to communicate.

A male is called a bull.

A female who has given birth is called a cow.

A female who has not given birth is called a heifer.

A baby cow is called a calf.

There are over 1 billion cows that live in the world!

Cows live on every continent except Antarctica.

In India where they practice the Hindu religion cows are sacred and are allowed to roam the streets free.

Around 300 million cows live in India!

Cows weigh between 400-1,600 pounds!

Cows have 32 teeth.

Cows drink 35 gallons a water a day.

They eat 50 pounds of food a day.

Cows live up to 25 years.

They can run 35 miles per hour.

In deep mud, cows can run faster than horses!

A cow has one stomach with four compartments. The rumen, reticulum, omasum and the abomasum.

Cow are ruminates meaning they can digest food that can normally not be digested.

Like a human’s fingerprints, no two cow’s spots are exactly the same.

A cow is pregnant for nine months. A calf is about 90 pounds when it is born.

Cows have an excellent sense of smell. They can smell up to 5 miles away!

Beef and milk comes from cows.

Veal comes from calves.

We make most dairy products such as butter, cream, ice cream and cheese from the milk we get from cows.

Cows do not produce milk until after they have given birth.

Did you know that it takes 350 squirts from a cow to get one gallon of milk!

A cow can produce 6 gallons of milk a day!

Each dairy cow produces 200,000 cups a milk in her lifetime.

The glass milk bottle was invented in 1884. The plastic milk bottle started being used in the US in 1967.

21 billion gallons of milk is produced in American every year.

Did you know that when you eat something spicy and you get a burning feeling your mouth, drinking milk will help cool the burning feeling?

The state of California produces the most milk in the US, Wisconsin is number 2.

Cows can go up stairs but cannot walk down.

Until the 1850’s most American families owned their own cows.

Cows first came to America with pilgrims. They arrived in the colony of Jamestown in 1611.

And we can't talk about Cows without talking about that age-old honored tradition in spain!
The Running of the Bulls!
Here's some cool facts.

The Running of the Bulls, held in the small basque city of Pamplona, Spain, is one of the world's longest standing traditions. The festival, which may date back to the Middle Ages, has been celebrated annually since 1592. Today, visitors from around the corner and around the world gather in Spain to witness the event and take part in the week-long fiesta. Here are eight interesting facts about the origin and evolution of the Running of the Bulls.

1. Religious Origins

The week-long Pamplona festival was originally held in October to honor the Patron Saint, San Fermín. The origin of the religious celebration may date as far back as to the Middle Ages. Over time, the sanfermines began to add elements to the religious ceremonies such as "trade fairs, music, dance, giants, tournaments, acrobats, bull runs and bullfights."

2. A 421 Year Tradition

Despite evidence that the basis of the San Fermín celebrations began in the 13th century, According to TIME, the Running of the Bulls has been celebrated annually since 1592 — a century after the Spanish reconquest and Columbus discovered America. In 1592, the festival was moved from October 10 to July to avoid the shaky October feather and coincide with the annual fair already held in July. The festival has since remained a hallmark of the Spanish Summer; it now runs annually from July 7-14.

3. A Practical Purpose

The Running of the Bulls is a huge tourist attraction and a celebratory week-long occasion for both Spaniards and international travelers. Nonetheless, the festival emerged for its practical purpose. According to TIME, the bull run started because it served as a way to transport the bulls from Pamplona's corral to its bullfighting ring where public spectacles were to be held throughout the fighting season.

4. A Risky Occasion

The Running of the Bulls has earned the reputation for a dangerous and violent festival– and this popular conception is not unfounded. According to ABC News, at least 13 spectators and participants have died from injuries related to the bull run in the last century. The last death was that of a 22-year-old American tourist in 1995. It may come as a surprise, however, that the most dangerous aspect of the festival is not the bull run itself, but the week-long party flowing with traditional sangria that takes place around the feature event. According to the Chicago Tribune, "far more festival-goers have been impaired from over consumption of alcohol" than from bull-related injuries.

5. Popularized By American Pop Culture

Ernest Hemingway popularized Pamploma's Running of the Bulls festival when he published his famous novel The Sun Also Rises in 1926. Hemingway's novel takes place against the backdrop of the wild Spanish fiesta and bull run, and the author relies on the ceremony to symbolize larger themes in his work such as the lost generation and the quest to reclaim masculinity in the post-war world. This classic American novel helped transform the Running of the Bulls into an international spectacle.

6. The Bull Runners

As Hemingway's protagonist, Jake, declares in The Sun Also Rises, “Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bull-fighters.” The bull runners, known as mozos, wear traditional white uniforms with red trimming. According to the Chicago Tribune, there are two contested origins of the uniform: on the one hand, the red and white colors might honor the martyred Saint Fermín while others claim the uniforms represent the butchers who began the running of the bulls tradition.

7. The Myth of the Color Red

It is a common mistake to believe that Spanish matadors and mozos dawn the color red in order to anger the bulls. In fact, according to The Discovery Channel, the color is not what drives bulls to attack because "bulls don't seem to have any color preference at all." Bulls instinctively follow movement, so they will charge whichever object is moving quickest. Therefore, the bulls chase the runners because of their speed, not the color of their uniforms.

8. A Short-Lived Race

Although the running of the bulls takes place each day from July 7-14, each individual race takes just three minutes on average and terminates just minutes after it begins at 8 a.m., according to the Chicago Tribune. For the rest of the day, attendees visit the traditional livestock fair and take part in the crazy celebrations, which last all through the night. The festival ends at midnight on July 14 when all who remain in Pamplona gather before the City Hall and sing the song "Pobre de Mi," "Poor me, the Fiesta de San Fermin has ended.'"

And it's Halloween, so why not some cow horror?
I recomend Isolation (2005).
Here's the synopsis:
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.

Sad how you can't have a good ending with who you want if it's not sayori(is that even good) or Monika. Also, how to get the only other ending is really hard to figure out and you are basically forced to read a guide.

No wait, that COWS book is a diferent story, mixed the pictures.
Here's a review about it:

In the Summer of 1998, when I was living merrily through my largely-broke college milieu, I returned to my high school job as box office wonk at Mann’s Criterion, a now-defunct six-screen movie theater in Santa Monica, CA. This was a job that not only afforded me unlimited free movies (and, yes, that privilege led to the consumption of piles of cinematic garbage), but my shifts were constructed in such a way that I was free to do a great deal of reading. I managed to consume several enormous novels over the course of the summer, not to mention a few 200-page quickies here and there. I was broke, but it was a golden time.

And where was I getting all these books? Right across the street from The Criterion was Midnight Special, one of the best book stores Los Angeles had at the time. Midnight Special was the “offbeat” bookstore. It carried obscurities, imports, and edgy political books. The Borders down the street had your run-of-the-mill Stephen King; Midnight Special was busy stocking multiple copies of Georges Bataille’s STORY OF THE EYE.

It was here that I discovered, bought, and — with no small amount of nausea — read Matthew Stokoe’s 1998 horror vomitoruim COWS.

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Few have read COWS. Those who have… well, they probably remember it all too well. COWS, to this day, is the only book I’ve ever encountered that had a content warning printed on the back cover. It warned me that the book I was holding contained images of extreme gore and violence. I had already read several Clive Barker novels, and none of them had a warning like this. I, of course, had to buy the book right away.

Matthew Stokoe’s COWS is the greasiest, grossest, bloodiest, most unsettling piece of literature I have ever encountered. It peels back all of the gloss from regular thrillers and horror stories, and gives us pure, unadulterated filth; even Irvine Welsh’s FILTH doesn’t have this much filth. There are acts of self-mutilation, murder, and sexual explosions the likes of which I hadn’t previously imagined. For those who need their horror to be extreme, I offer COWS as one of the most extreme of all horror novels.

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COWS tells the story of a 25-year-old man named Steven who lives in a tiny, dingy, greasy, disgusting apartment with his monstrous, fetid, unwashed, cackling, half-mad sadist mother, whom he calls The Hagbeast. Early in the book, The Hagbeast flashes Steven, and Stokoe bothers to describe the stench that wafts from her genitals. Yeah, it’s that kind of book.

Desperate for escape, Steven takes a job at a local slaughterhouse, where he finds a weird state of meditative catharsis killing animals. He also finds that the other slaughterhouse workers are secretly having gatherings after hours. Eventually, Steven learns that the other workers are not only having after-hours orgies, but are using the cows in their twisted sex games; how the cows are used I don’t quite have the stomach to describe. Needless to say, it goes beyond mere bestiality.

Steven’s weird growing mad understanding of the dark, bloody works of sex meat, oddly enough, causes him to grow as a person. Soon he’s dating and impregnating the mentally ill woman in his building (she performs self-surgery to remove the pockets of liquid “evil” in her body), and taking charge of the slaughterhouse. But alongside his growing confidence is a growing madness that manifests itself in the form of a talking cow that’s been hiding in the air ducts of the slaughterhouse. It won’t be long before Steven is corrupted and he’s leading a cow uprising against the human oppressors.

Crippled dogs, aborted fetuses, self-surgery, bestiality, murder, rape, death. This book is a party.

Most horror is cathartic in some way; not only does horror give readers a safe fictional haven to face their in-born fears, but they present a very healthy venue to explore the various philosophies surrounding our own mortality. A very good horror story will be thoughtful about death. COWS occupies a low end of the spectrum of horror, where the world can only be seen through a dirty prism of body parts, fluids, meat, and dirt. When one tries to see beyond the base, the physical, the filthy, one can only find death and madness.
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COWS is nihilistic in a way that I’m not used to seeing outside of Lars Von Trier movies; it exists in a world devoid of compassion. Love is a sticky pocket of evil that needs to be cut out. And the one thing we think can save us — modest ambition — will destroy us with insanity. COWS takes place in a world so dark and disgusting that even the tiniest glimmer of hope is tantamount to apocalypse.

And here’s the kicker: It’s an immensely readable book. It’s brief, to-the-point, and skips trippingly along its dark plot with an alarming amount of ease. Stokoe doesn’t bother to use flowery language; he’s not trying to dress up his filth. He just lays it bare, letting you eat up this greasy horror sausage with no toppings.

COWS is still in print in the US, where it remains to be constantly discovered by hapless seekers of the most extreme forms of horror. If you’re looking to test yourself, seek it out. If you’re already disgusted… maybe stay away.
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Time for creepypasta, kids!

On the first day, Jeremy stands with his pitchfork. "They're fuckin' doin' it again". He scratches his head. He doesn't have time for this. It's much too close to the season where it is time to actually use what they were for in the first place.

His cows are covered in scars, oozing with wounds along their heads and chest. He watches and knows they often wander into, or bump the electric fence.

But only lately have they started acting like this. Some of them run in circles, crying out. He also knows others have been suffering from puncture wounds along their ribs and belly.

"Fuckin' cows," he sighs angrily as he walks up to the fence. He knows how stupid cattle can be. He spends hours of the day tuning the voltage of the fence. He knows they'll be staying away from it now. Jeremy is a rash, stern farming man. He didn't go to school. He only remembers growing up with his father here, who has now long passed. He now only cares for the outcome of his cattle, and knows what has to be done.

On the second day, Jeremy pulls up in his pick up truck from a long day of selling crops and fruit at the flea market in the city. He slams the door and looks to the field. All of the cattle circle on the other side of the pen are in a panic. On the other side, one of them sizzles, as it has mangled itself in the electric fence, trying to jump through. Its muddy, but milky yellow hide was stained with blood, as it had struggled so hard within the wire fence. "Stupid fuckin' cows," Jeremy feels loss. Although, he questions its motives to himself. Cattle are stupid, after all.

I'm very, very interested in this thread.