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Exotic Farm Animals
This category deals with exotic farm animals which have become commercial enterprises in the farming community such as emu, ostrich, or yak. The treatment and care of these non traditional creatures along with certain farming techniques is discussed here.
1,636 Questions
Is it true that a bison would attack a horse unless it showed no fear?
After raising bison for 18 years, buffalo would attack a horse even if it showed fear or not. It completely depends on the buffalo, range bison that come from Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas would be more apt to attacking although it is possible with any buffalo.
Camels wern't there durin ancient Egypt so how did camels get to Egypt annd when?
They walked! They walked!
How do bison survive in Nunavut?
Wood Bison found in the subarctic boreal forest of southern Nunavut are adapted to the colder climate with their thick hair coat, external layer of fat and ability to efficiently digest coarse roughage that comprises of mainly sedges and some grasses for energy and nutrition. They also sift through deep snow with their heads in the winter to get at the grasses and sedges underneath. With the encouragement of predators, bison will move from one area to another, grazing and foraging for food as they move along.
How many times a day do dairy cattle get milked?
Usually twice a day, once in the morning and again at night, there is usually a 11-12 hour gap between each milking. Some farmers will milk the fresh cows (cows that have just given birth) four times a day, once at the beginning of the milking and again at the end of the milking shift and repeat at the night time milking. Doing this helps the cows have a decreased risk of getting mastitis, gets them used to the milking system, and helps them produce more milk faster.
No. One kick from an ostrich and it will kill you. These birds can be very aggressive.
yes they can.The bacteria in their forstomach use the N of it to synthesis protein.
Why are most Europeans intact?
It just never entered their minds to take their child and mutilate their genital by cutting a piece of it. Neither were they influenced by the quackery espoused by the british medical fraternity as were english speaking countrys like the collonys and the USA. Circumcision is a religious practice that seems to have taken hold original in the middle east. it is also practice by small populations for cultural reasons right of passage to man hood etc by some smaller tribal groups in other parts of the world. It was originally introduced into the English speaking western world by English medics in order to stop boys masturbating, The Europeans were not so easily convinced of the need to do this.
Some of the reply's have been moved to the discussion page as they are not an answer to the question but do have a comment on the subject.
Why are there so few bison in the US?
Bison once ranged from the Rocky Mountain west to New England and as far south as Texas and Georgia. They were hunted to near-extinction in the 1860s and 1870s primarily due to a demand for bison hides. During this time, thousands died daily, their skins ripped off their bodies, leaving the rest to rot on the plains.
The economic drive for bison hides led buffalo runners to trespass onto Indian reservations when bison became more scarce on U.S. land. This, of course, broke the treaties between the U.S. Government and the Native American tribes, which, in turn began a nasty conflict between whites and Native Americans, resulting in thousands of deaths.
Because bison were such an integral part of plains Indians' lifestyle - their whole livelihood revolved around the animals - as the conflict between whites and Indians heightened, it became the unofficial U.S. policy for any and everyone to slaughter bison in order to weaken the Native Americans and beat them into submission. It largely worked.
It has been estimated that the bison population in North America was somewhere between 10 million and 30 million in the early 1800s. By the early 1900s, there were 13.
The last remaining bison fled into the inhospitable Yellowstone region where, with the help of conservationists like George Bird Grinnell, they were protected and a program to bring them back was begun in the early 1900s.
Are the male and female bison different in any way?
The bulls are noticeably larger than the cows, and when mature, the horns of the bulls are also larger than the horns of the cows.
What is the name of the 3 toed flightless ostrich like bird from South America?
There is really no such bird that exists in South America. There is, however, a bird that looks like an ostrich that lives in Australia: that bird is called an Emu.
However, a flightless bird that lives in South America is called a Rhea, also known as a Nandu.
There are several plants that a fox can eat. Some of these plants include apples, plums and blackberries among others.
What animals do not have a cardiac sphincter?
No animals do not have a cardiac sphincter. All animals have to have a muscle between their stomachs and esophagus to prevent food coming up. However, this muscle is able to be relaxed if food is being brought up to be chewed again (like in ruminants), or if an animal has to vomit. This muscle is designed to keep excess digesta from leaking into the esophageal tube, should the stomach (or rumen) of an animal get full from eating plenty of food. There are also cardiac sphincters between chambers of the stomach for the same reason (the first one: preventing leakage or back-wash) that there is a sphincter between the esophagus and the stomach. Check out the three sources below for further info and pictures for proof:
Do the deers keep in herds when they are on the move?
I dont know but you can go to google and type deers wiki
How many humps does a new born bactrian camel have?
Bactrian camel (two-humps, endangered): Camelus bactrianus
North American 'buffalo' are, in fact, Bison bison,unrelated to any species of buffalo at all. They do resemble, quite closely, African and Asian buffalo, and the naming error has been compounded to this day.
The bison species resident in Europe is the wisent (Bison bonasus).
Where can you find buffalo milk?
this milk is so rich and creamy that ony mississippians can drink it because of their great strong chest hair wich prevents them from puberty. The milk is also a horrible chest hair provider. -can
Why is your girlfriend taller than you?
It's because of the gens she has. It may be because her family is TALL also if you have a tall or short girlfriend they do good in bed and anything you want them to do AND it's ok to drink her milk is good for anyone at any age and if she does not like you doing that you can knock her out with a rock or anything else, Oh and make sure you did not kill her. And having talk girlfriends are great to make love is ok to have sex at any age no matter if your 8 - 16 it"s ok just don't listen to anyone just be you =]
