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Do you have a picture of a cow?

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First of all, cows are, in most cases, mature female bovines that have had a calf. Bulls, on the other hand, are intact male bovines. They have those pendulous, foot-ball shaped "balls" called testicles. Bulls are larger, and more muscular looking than cows are. Bulls are not used for milk production, but only for breeding cows so the cows can have a baby calf. Calves are young bovines.

Cows are big, blocky creatures that come in a variety of colours, sizes and even shapes. Most images that come to mind of cows are animals that are white with large black spots and big udders (that pendulous organ between their legs) that feed out in the green pasture and come into the barn to be milked. However not all cows come in black-and-white: the can be all brown, all white, all black, all yellow and even all red; some even come in an orangy colour. Still others have a black, red, yellow, brown or orange body with a white face. Even still others have a splotchy colouration that varies between deep red to brown to black. These are what we call the "roan" colouration. And cows can have horns too, not just the bulls. Some grow long and curvy; others are more shorter and twist downward. However both the cows and the bulls can grow no horns; these are called "polled" cattle.

Cows are not built for speed. That is why they look so blocky, and their legs are thick and somewhat short. Big-boned cows have what is commonly called among farmers and ranchers "large framed". But for most people all cows look big-boned. They have a large barrel for a belly, as they have a much larger stomach than people do because cows have to digest all those plants they eat. Cows also have a large mid-section because of the baby calves (or you may also call them baby cows) they have to carry for 9 months out of the year.

Their tails are built like a fly-swatter; though the switch is not flat and made of plastic (it is made of a tuft hair just like the hair on the cow's body only it is longer), it is shaped like a lion's but with a different function: to swish away those pesky flies.

Cows also have hooves, but they are divided into two on each foot; commonly called "cloven hooves" or "two-toed." They are different from horses' hooves which are not divided into two, but is only one "toe."

Cows have a large flap of skin hanging down from their necks (starting from between their front legs) and sometimes from under their chin. This is called a "dewlap." A cow's neck is thick, but not as thick as a bull's, which has a large muscular hump. It is often short, not nearly as long as a giraffe's nor as fine and slender as a horse's, although some dairy cows have finer, more "feminine" (or girly) necks than other breeds of cows.

A cow's head is shaped almost like a triangular prism, with the narrower, "pointy" part being the nose and the wider area the base of the head, where the head meets the neck. A cow's nose isn't as pointy as a triangular prism, but more squarish, with a wide, flat mouth meant for biting and chewing plants. The nose itself is the only part of the body outside of the cow that is not covered with hair, but with sweat glands and bare skin. Most cows sweat only through their noses; they cannot sweat through the rest of their skin. Some cows though, like those that have very large humps on their shoulders, and big, bat-like ears, can sweat through their skin AND their noses! A cow's nose is nearly as sensitive as a dog's, and can smell different scents from a large distance away that humans cannot pick up.

A cow's ears are not straight up from their heads' like a dog's, but stick out from the side, sort of like your ears do. But their ears are not shaped like our's: they look kind of like a dog with pointy ears like the German Shepherd that stick out the sides, but have a more oval-like curve at the tips instead of triangular-shaped like a Shepherd's. A cow's ear is also quite hairy, in order to protect those sensitive hearing instruments from bad weather and from having pointy stems from grasses stick into its ears. A cow's ears can move quite well; they can move individually, pointing one ear back to listen to sounds behind, while one ear stays forward on the object of interest. They are also able to lay their ears back when they are grazing to prevent any stemmy grasses from poking their ears. Cows can hear quite well, many times better than a human, and often know you're coming before you realize it.

Cows are large beasts; they can weigh as much as or more than a small car, and can weigh ten times as much as an average-weight man. The largest breed of cow, a beef breed called the Chianina (pronounced CHEE-ah-NEE-nah) has been recorded to weigh over 3300 lbs which is 1.5 tons. Cows can stand (on all four feet, mind you) as tall as 6 feet in height or more; most cows are only as tall as 5 feet or a little more. Cows are not meant to live in a small suburban lot, nor an apartment, as they take much room and space to feed, water, and move around. Cows belong on farms and out on the pastures, where they can be viewed by you from the roadside as much as you wish.

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If you want to find pictures of cows then you can go on Google.com, click on images, then type in cows, then browse to find the right cow picture for you.

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I had one on order and accidentally deleted it it was to be delivered may 18

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View the related link below for a brown (chocolate) cow.

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They can, it depends on what the breed is, where they are located and if they are wild or domesticated animals.

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Yep- they are pretty large, and do not wear camo. You can see them at any diary or cattle ranch.

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Here is picture of a cow:

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I sure can, I don't know about you.

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