Quick facts about amazing animals!
Mark Hudson Cows can naturally live as long as 15-20 years, sometimes even more. Dairy cows are usually slaughtered at approximately six years of age, or when they can no longer produce milk. What is the life expectancy of a cow? The productive lifespan of average cows is between 2.5 and 4 years in most developed dairy … Read more
The Cham Hindus of Vietnam also do not eat beef. Are there plants that cows will not eat? Comparatively few plants containing poisons grow in areas usually used as pastures. Bracken fern is very common in wooded areas and unimproved pastures. A common query we ran across in our research was “What causes a cow … Read more
Goofy has been mistaken for a dog since the appearance of Goofy in Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies cartoons, which were made decades before his first appearance as an actual dog. Until rumors began surfacing on the internet that Goofy might be a cow, he had been believed to be a dog by numerous generations of … Read more
When they’re feeling defensive, cows will gather in a circle, all facing outwards, lowering their heads and stamping the ground. When they’re feeling offensive, certain cows lead the charge. While we were researching we ran into the query “How do you keep cows from charging?”. Nevertheless, he says, just as the right equipment and careful … Read more
Yes, Cows cry, They also have emotions and feelings. Fear, grief, hunger loneliness can be some reasons. Tears are not the only sign that cows are feeling sad or in trouble. Here are different opinions on the tears of cows. It is a topic of heated controversy online whether cows cry or not. Yes cows … Read more
The addax is an antelope of middle size, perfectly suited to living in harsh desert landscapes. A native of the Sahara Desert for thousands of years, it has thrived in regions where few other animals could survive. As with most other antelopes, male and female both have horns, which are slightly spiraled and can be … Read more
Found across northern Africa in the past, on both the west and east sides of the Sahara, today addax populations exist in just a fragment of their former range in Chad, Niger, and possibly along the Mali – Mauritania border. These animals inhabit semi-deserts, arid regions, and stony and sandy deserts. An addax is one … Read more
The addax is a species of antelope. Addaxes are also known as white antelopes and the screwhorn antelopes. They are critically endangered; there may be only three remaining in the wild. Extinction may not be imminent, however; about 2,000 are kept in zoos and on ranches around the world. Today the wild population is not … Read more
The natural habitat of the addax are arid regions, semideserts and sandy and stony deserts. The addax is a critically endangered species of antelope, as classified by the IUCN. Although extremely rare in its native habitat due to unregulated hunting, it is quite common in captivity. This begs the question “Are addaxes endangered?” (Image credit: … Read more
The addax are herbivores and their diet consists of desert succulents, leaves, Aristida grasses, herbs, perennials and small bushes (if available). They also feed up on Parnicum grass whereby they will only eat the inner shoots and seeds and disregard the dry, outer leaves. These seeds provide adequate protein in the addax diet. One source … Read more