how many cow's have uper teeth
By van123
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India
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@knatf_cv8010 (365)
• Philippines
27 Nov 06
Equipped with a long and dexterous tongue, the cow can wrap its tongue around plant parts and pull the food into its mouth where it is placed between its lower jaw and a pad on the upper surface. Once in the mouth, the cow swings its head to severe the plant parts and chews the food slightly, and mixes it with saliva before swallowing. Later the cow will regurgitate the food to chew and grind it again. This process is called rumination or chewing the cud. The actual chewing portion of a cow's day consumes eight hours and ruminating takes about 12 hours. Cows can take around 890 bites per hour for about 8 hours a day. Due to the design of the cow's lips, teeth, and jaw a cow can't easily get closer than 2 inches from the soil. An ideal height of grass is about 6 inches, higher or lower than that will consume more time and energy for the cow. Cows will not graze much longer than 8 hours, so grass at the proper height will increase intake and improve animal nutrition. Cows also prefer not to eat around their own paddies but are willing to graze after a different type of animal has defecated. Cows like to graze on rolling land, although they are able to graze anywhere.