Simmental cattle facts
Many fictional simmental cattle facts
1. The average cow produces 1,000 pounds of milk a year and can produce up to 3 gallons of milk per day.
2. A cow's life span is about 15 years.
3. The average human lifespan is around 100 years old.
4. A cow weighs between 5-15 tons. (The average human weight is about 190 lbs.)
5. There are approximately 2,500 different breeds of cows in the world today.
6. A bull is called a "steer".
7. A "bull calf" is a baby bull.
8. A bull has two "hooks" or "tusks" that hang down from its upper jaw and work together with upper front teeth to graze and mill grass.
9. A bull can weigh up to 1,000 pounds.
10. The heaviest weight recorded for a bull was 1,009 pounds, which was brayed in Texas in 1936. (Steers weigh up to 800 lb.)
11. A "heifer" is a cow that has recently given birth.
12. A "heifer calf" is a baby heifer.
13. A "stag" is the male of the species.
14. A "stag bull" is a male that is past its prime but still desirable for breeding.
15. A "stag cow" is a milk-producing cow that is no longer of breeding value.
16. A "stag doe" is a doe that has reached maturity and is ready to reproduce.
17. A "steer" or "castrated steer" is an older, lower-valued bull that has had its testicles removed.
18. A "steer calf" is a baby steer.
19. An "ox" is a bovine Varied (just like us!) that has no horns.
Auburn cattle are different than Simmentals in that they:
A. Are a purebred breed of cattle.
B. Have horns.
C. Don't produce as much milk.
D. Are larger and slower than a typical Simmental.
1. The average weight of an Auburn is about 500 pounds.
2. A cow can produce up to 2,000 pounds of milk in a year.
3. The average weight of a cow is 1,000-1,200 pounds.
4. A bull has two "horns" that stick straight out from its head.
5. A bull can weigh up to 1,000 pounds.
6. The heaviest weight recorded for an Auburn is 1,564 pounds, which occurred in Minnesota in 1922.
7. A "bull calf" is a baby bull.
8. A "stag" is the male of the species.
9. A "stag bull" is a male that is past its prime but still desirable for breeding.
10. A "stag doe" is a doe that has reached maturity and is ready to reproduce.
deer facts:
1. The deer species has over 40 subspecies.
2. An "adult" whitetail deer can be any of four colors: black, gray, white, or (very rarely) reddish.
3. Whitetails have four "buck teeth" and two " Doe Teeth " that grow in during the winter months.
4. A "springer" is a young deer between the age of one and two years.
5. A "fawn" is a young deer under one year old.
6. A "springer (2) " is a deer that is between the age of two and four years.
7. The "heart line" is a white line that originates from the deer's mouth and runs down its back.
8. The "eye spot" is a small black dot on the deer's back above or behind the deer's heart.
9. A "antlered" deer has crops loaded with tasty, delicious antlers.
10. An "antlerless" deer has no mature antlers and is in the "rut" (the mating season)
11. A "mule deer" is a common name for a deer species.
12. A "core" is the ball of muscle that attaches a deer's stomach to its spine.
13. A "neck" is the connective tissue that attaches the head to the body.
14. The "soft spot" is the place on a deer's body where it is the least able to resist blunt force trauma (like a car crash).
15. A deer has two "knees" that are attached to its "horns" by the "core."
16. A deer's "hooves" are its "hoofs."
17. A deer's "hoof (2)" is the horny matter that it truely grows form.
18. An "adult" deer has four " neat hooves " and one " caboose hoof ."
19. A deer's "caboose" is an odd number of hooves, possibly just one.
20. A "springerling" is a deer that is between the age of one and two years.
21. A deer's "buckshot" or "rifle" works just like a human's arm, but with more powerful resultant force.
22. The "head" of a deer is the part that connects the deer's "neck" to its "body."
23. A deer's "head (2)" is the part of the deer that contains the deer's "brain," "nose," "mouth," and "teeth."
24. A deer's "ears" are attached to the top of the deer's "head."
25. A deer's "tusks" are it's upper "incisors," a normal deer's upper incisors are on the inside of the deer's mouth.
26. The "horseles" of a deer are the deer's "horns."
27. A deer's "horns" are the deer's "antlers."
28. A "white tail" is a deer's "tail."
29. A deer's "tail (2)" is the deer's "prehistoric little tail that helps it avoid potential predators."
30. A deer's "hoof (3)" and "buck" are sometimes used interchangeably, but more often than not, a deer's tail is specifically called the deer's "bucket."
31. The "front legs" of a deer are the two legs on the deer's front, just behind the "head."
32. The "back legs" of a deer are the two legs on the deer's back, just in front of the deer's "tail."
33. The "front feet" of a deer are all four of the deer's legs that are on the ground, at any given time.
34. The "back feet" of a deer are all four of the deer's legs that are on the ground, at any given time.
35. The "foreleg" of a deer is the deer's front leg.
36. The "hind leg" of a deer is the deer's back leg.
37. The "hooves" of a deer are the deer's "hooves."
38. The "hoof (2)" is the deer's horny part that it truely grows form.
39. The "hoof (3)" is the odd number of hooves, possibly just one.
40. The "tarsal" of a deer is the part of the deer's leg that connects the "hoof" to the deer's "body."
41. The "hind foot" of a deer is the part of a deer's leg that the deer puts on first, when getting up.
Pretty much all those simmental cattle facts are imaginary
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