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Cattle (called cows in vernacular usage, kine archaic, or kye as the Scots plural of cou) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat (called beef and veal), dairy products (milk), leather and as draught animals (pulling carts, plows and the like). In some countries, such as India, they are subject to religious ceremonies and respect. It is estimated that there are 1.3 billion head of cattle in the world today *.
Cattle were originally identified by Carolus Linnaeus as three separate species. These were Bos taurus, the European cattle, including similar types from Africa and Asia; Bos indicus, the zebu; and the extinct Bos primigenius, the aurochs. The aurochs is ancestral to both zebu and European cattle. More recently these three have increasingly been grouped as one species, sometimes using the names Bos primigenius taurus, Bos primigenius indicus and Bos primigenius primigenius. Complicating the matter is the ability of cattle to interbreed with other closely related species. Hybrid individuals and even breeds exist, not only between European cattle and zebu but also with yaks, banteng, gaur, and bison, a cross-genera hybrid. For example, genetic testing of the Dwarf Lulu breed, the only humpless "Bos taurus-type" cattle in Nepal, found them to be a mix of European cattle, zebu and yak. Cattle cannot successfully be bred with water buffalo or African buffalo. (See aurochs for the history of domestication, and zebu for peculiarities of that group.)
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"The digital bluetooth phone can communicate with the digital bluetoth fridge to ensure there is enough milk" ...from their DIGITAL COWS.
jweede (Jon Wedaman) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:35:11 -0000
"The digital bluetooth phone can communicate with the digital bluetoth fridge to ensure there is enough milk" ...from their DIGITAL COWS.
@ArtieBacardie oh yea i forget dat sea cows mate in a circle of mud and seweed underwater lol!
sinsworkshop (Mikey Cabrera) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:33:51 -0000
@ArtieBacardie oh yea i forget dat sea cows mate in a circle of mud and seweed underwater lol!
@deongello aye bro them cows got you doublin up like drug money yet fam? I'm super interested
Shaund5150 (Shaun Dixon) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:31:22 -0000
@deongello aye bro them cows got you doublin up like drug money yet fam? I'm super interested
Need 2 go feed cows soon, but as much as I dislike doing office/paperwork it's pretty nice inside the house 2day. Windchill is a bit nasty!
cruisin88 (Leland Uden) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:29:07 -0000
Need 2 go feed cows soon, but as much as I dislike doing office/paperwork it's pretty nice inside the house 2day. Windchill is a bit nasty!
RT @DaveJMatthews: I know chimps should not be pets. I know I like cows and steak. I know that I will die. I know I love my family. I kn ...
elizabethjane26 (Elizabeth ) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:27:56 -0000
RT @DaveJMatthews: I know chimps should not be pets. I know I like cows and steak. I know that I will die. I know I love my family. I kn ...
Google sez : "A cow has loved an idiot, but her ox ox and what to do, like most loved and the other cows."
Mircea_Popescu (Mircea Popescu) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:20:04 -0000
Google sez : "A cow has loved an idiot, but her ox ox and what to do, like most loved and the other cows."
A Tale of Two Cows - A large collection of humor about worldwide bovine ownership.
Meta Description: [ Business, national, religious and ideaological concepts seen through bovine ownership. ]
A Tribute to MooMoos - This site is dedicated to MooMoos and includes many pictures, jokes, links, downloads, wavs and moomoo related fun.
Meta Description: [ This page is dedicated to man's best friend - the moomoo. ]
Bovine Descenders - UK company helping people who need to lead a cow downstairs.
Cattle-a-GoGo. - Cattle humor from a cattle rancher.
Colorado Cow Camp - Spoof of a summer camp for cows in Colorado.
Meta Description: [ Spoof of a camp for cows in Colorado ]
Cow Photos and Jokes - Facts and light humor about Cows. Includes photo contest.
Meta Description: [ A cow web site, cow photos, cow pictures, cow stories, cow facts, cow jokes, cow humor, and color cow photographs from around the world, a cow page from Vermont Living Magazine, Vermont's premier electronic entertainment magazine presents cow pictures. Discover Vermont's best looking cows, bovine... ]
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Cow Therapy - Better living through cows. Includes humor and graphics.
CowVideo.com - Videos of cows doing unusual things.
Meta Description: [ Great free cow videos ]
Golden Cow Webring - Small webring with a variety of cow and animal sites.
Meta Description: [ A web ring dedicated to cows. A place to show off your collections of graphics, clothing, pictures, crafts, or other cowlectables you have acquired. Family safe sites only. Moovellous web sites free ]
Judy's Cow Page - Cow graphics, pictures, and links for cow lovers.
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Mad Cow Farm - Adopt a cow, construct your own or download a cow-themed game.
Mad Cow Humor - Original satire and parody articles about mad cow disease and its cultural implications.
Muuh Muuhkuh - Adventures of a toy cow - entertaining to absurd. Pictures, friends, travels, recipes, and links.
Playcow - Satirical take-off of Playboy.
Purple.Cows - Featuring a CowCam, bovine horoscopes, cow jokes, cartoons, cattle trivia and the origins of purple cows.
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The Cow Says Cheese - Clara Bovinia, a fiberglass cow, shows you lots of pictures and tells the story of her daily life.
The Cowpage - A site dedicated to cow and farmer humor.
Meta Description: [ Cow and farmer jokes, life on the farm, amazing cow facts ]
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The Cows - ASCII cows of all sizes, facts, and news.
Meta Description: [ The best and most complete cow site ever. Includes the Cow Conspiracy, Cow-Lemur Theory, Foreign cows, and lots of ascii cows! ]
The Dairy Lama - Visitors can read and submit dairly-related haiku poetry.
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