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Why do cows have split hoofs?

Updated: 10/9/2023
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Cows hooves like pigs have been adapted so that they can walk through very muddy and slippery terrain for example in fields if their hooves were flat then they would fall over and would not be able to withstand rain this is also why we put horse shoes on horses, so that they can safely walk, trot, gallop or run threw many rocky/bumpy/slippery etc terrains

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A split hoof is also known as a cloven hoof. They are only found on members of the mammalian order known as Artiodactyla. The bull does not have a split hoof.

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