The number depends on the cow, but there are roughly 350 squirts in a gallon of milk. An experienced cow-milker can probably milk a couple of gallons out of a cow a day, but that’s beside the point. The average pail used when milking a cow will hold about a gallon before it fills up completely. That said, the average cow will produce about 350,000 cups, or about 43,750 gallons, of milk ...
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The striped polecat has four stripes. Not very many when compared to other striped animals, but there it is. The polecat is a type of weasel. However, it looks more like a skunk than a weasel. To call it a skunk wouldn’t be far off if going off looks alone. It goes by many other names, one of which is the zorilla. This name comes from the Spanish word for “fox” - ...
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There are over 260 different species of monkey. This is probably one of the most expansive families of animals, so there’s no point in trying to list all the species here. However, a few of the more common kinds of monkeys seen around the world include the mandrill monkey (silverback gorillas, for example), the black howler, the macaque, the capuchin monkey, and the proboscis ...
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An elephant spends between twelve and eighteen hours a day eating. It varies from species to species and from individual to individual. It also depends on what the elephant has available to it at that point in time. If available, an elephant will eat trees, grass, shrubs, etc. They are herbivores, so they get all their nourishment from the aforementioned food and other plants that are found ...
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Honeybees are known to store honey. Like many other animals, the honeybee has its signals that represent certain phrases. If the honey bee feels that it is going to be attacked, it will send out a response. Honey bees communicate with each other through smells. Also, if they want to show others that food is located in a distant area, they will do a dance language which means they will move in ...
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Spider monkeys can’t fly; they jump from tree to tree. So, it is possible that they could jump thirty feet, but the distance between trees is much closer to ten feet, or less than that. Like most monkeys, they live most of their lives in the tree tops. Unlike other species of monkeys, however, they don’t have opposable thumbs.
Despite this lack of an opposable ...
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A giraffe's stride can reach fifteen feet when it has fully grown. This is the longest stride found in nature; not even a baby giraffe can match it. That said, this stride is the reason that giraffes are able to outrun prey, even at a young age. While a baby or a young calf cannot reach that fifteen foot stride, their stride is long enough to keep them from being a snack.
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Over a billion animals are killed for their skins every year. The skin is what is used to make leather. It’s tanned, dried, and shined, and then turned into belts, purses, and other materials that people use to show off their wealth. Animal skin leather is typically very pricy; the more “exotic” the animal to the buyers, the more expensive that leather can be and people will ...
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Nowadays, an elephant’s tusk doesn’t weigh more than 100 pounds or so. In the past, it wasn’t uncommon to see some tusks that weighed over 200 pounds. Due to animal poaching, lack of resources in the wild, and abuse in captivity, elephant tusks have become much lighter in recent years. Only males have tusks in the Asian elephant species, but the other two recognized species ...
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Squids have an average of eight legs. Depending on what a squid has gone through in its lifetime, it may lose a few limbs, but they all start with eight legs. These legs are typically in pairs of two, like human legs or other kinds of animal legs. They have two longer tentacles as well, but these longer tentacles aren’t considered legs. They’re used to keep balance and direction ...
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