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Cows are mammals, just as we are (and cats, dogs, elephants, wolves, mice...).
This is what a mammal is (definition from Dictionary.com):
any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg-laying monotremes, giving birth to live young.
The part about "nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands" describes why the female of all mammal species, including our own, make milk: it's to feed our babies.
(Mammary glands...mammal...there's a connection.)
It so happens that we as a human species have found ways to gather and use the milk of some other animals: cows, goats, camels, yaks, and more. But the reason they have the milk to give is that their bodies make it in order to feed their own young. ---- Primarily to feed their calves, but after the calves stop suckling.
If the cow is then milked regularly she will carry on producing milk.
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∙ 6y agoCows, like all mammals, make milk to feed their babies until the babies are old enough to eat solid food.
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Do cows make cheese?
Cheese is made from milk, and milk can be taken from cows, and that is where most the cheese we eat comes from; cows
What do cows make?
Female dairy cows produce milk which is made into cheese, butter, yogurt, ice cream, or pasteurized as milk to drink. In addition, they make bake babies. All cows let out a gas called methane, and they make manure. Other cows are used for their beef, and some hides are used to make leather.
Can cows milk make a kitten sick?
Cows milk can make a kitten sick, but it usually only does when the milk for some reason has spoiled or if the kitten is allergic to milk and/or other dairy products. Symptoms may include trouble breathing, throwing up, or your kitten being increasingly lethargic. ~Ares
What is the difference in the colour of cows milk and goats milk?
Goat milk has a diffrent balence of fats and proteins than cows milk and is easier to digest for most people and animals than cows milk. It is often used as a milk replacer for other animals for this reson.
Are there brown cows?
No cows are not green unless you us green dye on them
How is milk grown?
Cows make milk.
Do cows make cheese?
Cheese is made from milk, and milk can be taken from cows, and that is where most the cheese we eat comes from; cows
Where does milk come from to make chocolate?
cows...! DUHHHHHHHHHHHH! where else would COWS milk come from? I mean COME ON!
Does Wyoming make milk in Wyoming?
Cows in Wyoming make milk.
Is milk bad for your guniea pigs?
Cows milk is. Not their mothers milk is not. Cows milk will make their tummy upset. Give them water to drink.
Did the Mayan have cows to make beef?
Cows aren't eaten. They are for milk.
What is an animal that is used for milk and cheese?
Cows and goats are the most commonly used animals for milk production. Cheese is made from the milk of these animals.
Why is calcium in milk?
It just is how cows make it.
What are the vertebrae that have fur and make milk?
Cows!
What kind of food does cows makes?
Cows make milk from eating grass.
Why don't cows make chocolat milk?
Cows don't make chocolate milk because chocolate milk is created only when you add sweetened cacao. Cows only make normal fat free (actually not fat free) milk. I always wondered when I was younger if there was a brown cow somewhere making chocolate milk.
What are facts about milk?
Milk comes from cows. It helps to make your bones strong.
