Some amazing Cow facts for kids

Some amazing Cow facts for kids

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Get information and discover interesting facts about Cow that can challenge your knowledge

• Cow are ruminates meaning they can digest food that can normally not be digested.
• Like a human’s fingerprints, no two cow’s spots are exactly the same.
• A cow is pregnant for nine months. A calf is about 90 pounds when it is born.
• Cows have an excellent sense of smell. They can smell up to 5 miles away!
• Cattle are herbivores that eat vegetation such as grass.

• Cattle stomachs have four chambers which help break down what they eat
• There are well over 1 billion cattle in the world.
• Cattle are sacred in India.
• There are an estimated 300 million cattle in India.
• Young cattle are generally known as calves.
• Like many other grazing animals cattle have one stomach which is divided into four compartments or chambers: the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum. This allows them to digest grain and grasses most effectively.
• Cattle have almost 360° panoramic vision. This helps them to see predators coming from any direction. Enjoy the best collection of animals facts on our site to widen your knowledge.
• Cattle have an excellent sense of smell. They can detect odours up to five miles away. They can also hear both low and high frequency sounds beyond human capability.
• The cow is a protected animal in Hinduism, and Hindus do not eat beef. Cows are honoured at least once a year, on Gopastami. On this day cows are washed and decorated in temples.
• Mahatma Ghandi described a cow as “a poem of compassion”, also stating that “I worship the cow and I shall defend its worship against the whole world”.

• The meat of cows is widely eaten by people across the world. Cows' milk is also drunk and used to make other products such as cheese. Many people who consume animal products would like to choose products from animals kept in higher welfare systems. However welfare labelling on products can be confusing. 
• Adult females are generally called cows.
• Adult males that are not castrated are generally called bulls.
• Cattle are red/green color blind.
• In the sometimes controversial sport of bull fighting, bulls are angered by the movement of the cape rather than its red color.
• Cattle are farmed for a number of agricultural products including meat and dairy products.

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What are Vitamins?

What are Vitamins?

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It is very compulsory to know all about the vitamins from what are they to what do they do. This writing provides you this information in full

What are Vitamins?

Vitamins are complex compounds which cannot be created by the body own and very essential for the healthy functioning of the body organs and growth and development. Vitamins are the vital elements which we can get only through the healthy diet and vitamins supplements.

Vitamins are naturally found in very sufficient amount in all the common foods, fruits and other sources which are easily available throughout the world. It is very necessary to eat vitamins on daily basis as its deficiency leads to the various serious health hazards, deficiency syndrome and even death.

On the other hand, eating vitamins over the limit also causes serious health hazards to the person. Consuming extra vitamins is bad for health, so it is very important to have vitamins within requirement which can easily be got through the normal and proper daily diet.

What do Vitamins do?

There are number of vitamins (13 vitamins) which are required to act together with the enzymes of our body cells in order to carryout and regulate various vital functioning of the body organs. They involve deeply in the variety of metabolic processes in order to release energy from the nutrients available in the food. They also engage in building and maintaining health of the skin, teeth, bones, blood and other vital tissues of the body.

Types of Vitamins

Vitamin A or Retinol

Vitamin C or Ascorbic acid

Vitamin D or Calciferol

Vitamin E or Tocopherol

Vitamin K or Quinone

B group vitamins

Vitamins are available in two types, first one is fat-soluble vitamins and second one is water-soluble vitamins.

What are Fat-soluble Vitamins?

Fat soluble vitamins can be accumulated in body in the liver and fatty tissues as they are easily soluble in the fat. That’s why fat soluble vitamins are not so necessary to take on daily basis; having 2-3 times a week is considered to be sufficient for the adults. They are carried to the blood and other cells together with the fats in lipoproteins or particular transportable proteins to operate in the cells and membranes. As fat soluble vitamins are accumulated in the body, its excess intake may be toxic and very harmful to the body. Vitamins which come under this category are A, D, E and K.

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How do giraffes look like?

How do giraffes look like?

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We all know that the giraffe is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. Its species name refers to its camel-like shape and its leopard-like colouring. Keep reading for more giraffe and giraffe baby information.

Giraffes have incredibly long necks and vary in color from light tan to nearly black. They have markings on their coat that are as individual as a human's fingerprints.

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Giraffes are the tallest animals on the planet. The male giraffe grows up to 18 feet and the female giraffe reaches up to 14 feet. Along with a 6 foot long neck, they also have very long legs, that measure up to 6 feet. They have two small horns on the top of their heads that are known as ossicones; the ossicones are covered in hair and are part of the giraffe's skull.

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Does vitamin C help lose weight?

Does vitamin C help lose weight?

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Getting a daily dose of vitamin c not only helps your body function properly, but it could aid in effective weight loss. Let's see for more detail

1. Detox your bowels

We absorb vitamin C in the upper part of the intestine. Unabsorbed vitamin C continues into the lower bowel and causes watery stools or diarrhea. By taking large doses of vitamin C we can induce loose stools or a “levage” which is ideal during a detox (although timing is essential if you decide to do this). This can be helpful for improving elimination as well as determining what your daily dose of vitamin C should be. Make sure to check with your doctor to see if this process is right for you. Here are the instructions:

• Remain at home for the entire time of the vitamin C levage.
• Do not eat during the levage; drink only water.
• Vitamin C must be a buffered version (approximately 4 g or 1 tbsp).
• Take ½ to 1 level tsp of buffered vitamin C (for easier digestion) in 2 to 3 ounces of water every 30 to 60 minutes. (Keep track of when you start, and how much vitamin C you consume.)
• Continue until you experience a flushing/diarrhea.
• If, after five hours, you do not experience the flushing reaction, stop. You can start the process again the next day, or whenever possible.
• Determine how much vitamin C was taken to induce the flushing response and take three-quarters of the dose on a daily basis, in three divided doses a day. If you took 1 tsp an hour for three hours then had the flushing, you would have taken 12 g of vitamin C. Your three-quarters dose would be 9 g, and you could take that as 3 g three times a day.

2. Improve your stamina at the gym

Vitamin C is required for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of your body, making it a great idea to keep a bottle in your gym bag pre- and post-workout. One study, from the University of Wisconsin, found that 500 mg of vitamin C can offset workout fatigue.

Participants performed 60 minutes of exercise at the intensity of 50 percent of predicted maximal oxygen consumption. The vitamin-C-supplemented group had significantly lower heart rates during exercise. In addition, perceived exertion and fatigue were both significantly reduced in the vitamin C group. The vitamin has also been shown to lower post-workout cortisol levels and improve recovery overall.

3. Feed your adrenals

Vitamin C is naturally highest in our adrenal glands. Research suggests stress can deplete our stores of the vitamin, meaning supplementation is a wise choice for extra protection during trying times.

Alabama researchers put laboratory rats under stress by immobilizing them for one hour a day over a three-week period. To check whether vitamin C would reduce the production of stress hormones, the rats were fed 200 mg a day. The study showed that vitamin C reduced the levels of stress hormones in their blood and also reduced other typical indicators of physical and emotional stress.

A German study subjected participants to stressors such as public speaking and math problems (certainly an acute stress for many). They found that cortisol and high blood pressure were significantly greater in those who did not receive a vitamin supplement.

4. Beat belly fat and improve insulin sensitivity

Vitamin C is one of the most widely used supplements today, but many of us don’t realize that it also plays a key role in our blood sugar levels.

A 2007 study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research looked at 84 patients with type 2 diabetes who randomly received 500 or 1,000 mg of vitamin C daily for six weeks. The researchers discovered that the group supplementing with 1,000 mg experienced a significant decrease in fasting blood sugar, triglycerides, cholesterol (LDL) and insulin levels. The dosage group with 500 mg did not produce any significant changes.

Vitamin C and glucose have a similar chemical structure. When both are high they compete with one another to enter the cells. If there’s more glucose around, less vitamin C will be allowed into the cells, creating a deficiency. Not only is it important to keep your C levels up, it’s just as crucial to keep your blood sugar levels stable with a low-glycemic diet.

5. Reduce your risk of heart disease

Research from University of California Berkeley, adds to the evidence that vitamin C supplements can lower concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), a central biomarker of inflammation that has been shown as a powerful predictor of heart disease and diabetes. For healthy, non-smoking adults with an elevated level of CRP, a daily dose of vitamin C (I recommend 1,000 to 3,000 mg per day, or until bowel tolerance) lowered levels of the inflammation biomarker after two months.

According to the researchers, the improvement is comparable to many other studies of cholesterol-lowering drugs. While further research is needed, it’s certainly another good reason to keep up with your vitamin C intake.

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Collection of tigers facts

Collection of tigers facts

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Here is collection of tigers facts, information and photos. Let's see:

Basic information

Type: Mammal

Diet: Carnivore

Life span: 10-15 years

Size: Head and body, 1.5 to 1.8 m; tail, 0.6 to 0.9 m

Weight: 109 to 227 kg

Habitat: from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps.

Range: Bengal Tiger is most numerous in the Sundarbans region of India and Bangladesh. It is also found in northern and central India and in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Nepal.

Scientific name: Panthera tigris

Diet

Tigers mainly eat ambar deer, wild pigs, water buffalo and antelope. Tigers are also known to hunt sloth bears, dogs, leopards, crocodiles and pythons as well as monkeys and hares. Old and injured tigers have been known to attack humans and domestic cattle.

Population

In the early 1900s, there were around 100,000 tigers throughout their range. Today, an estimated total of around 3,000-4,500 exist in the wild. Below is a breakdown of tiger numbers by subspecies.

1. Bengal tiger: Less than 2,000
2. Indochinese tiger: 750-1,300
3. Siberian tiger: Around 450
4. Sumatran tiger: 400-500
5. Malayan tiger: 600-800
6. South Chinese tiger: Extinct in the wild
7. Caspian tiger: Extinct
8. Javan tiger: Extinct
9. Bali tiger: Extinct

Range

Historic tiger range ran from Turkey through South and Southeast Asia to the far eastern shores of the continent. Today, they are only found in South and Southeast Asia, China and the Russian Far East.

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Behavior

Tigers occupy a variety of habitats from tropical forests, evergreen forests, woodlands and mangrove swamps to grasslands,savannah and rocky country. They are mostly nocturnal (more active at night) and are ambush predators that rely on the camouflage their stripes provide. Tigers use their body weight to knock prey to the ground and kills with a bite to the neck. They are also very good swimmers and have been known to kill prey while swimming.

Tigers essentially live solitary lives, except during mating season and when females bear young. They are usually fiercely territorial and have and mark their large home ranges.

Reproduction

Mating Season: In tropical climates, mostly from around November to April; during the winter months in temperate regions.

Gestation: 103 days.

Litter size: 3-4 cubs.

Cubs follow their mother out of the den at around 8 weeks and become independent at around 18 months of age. They leave their mothers at about 2 ½ years. Mothers guard their young from wandering males that may kill the cubs to make the female receptive to mating.

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Do cockroaches fly?

Do cockroaches fly?

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Did you hear about the flying capabilities of cockroaches? It is true. Let's see animal facts for more details

Adults of many species of cockroaches are endowed with wings. Adults of other species, and all nymphs (regardless of species) are wingless. Those adults that have wings tend to fly mainly when disturbed. Generally, they're ungainly in flight, a bit more than just falling with style. Even then, they fly better than do some kinds of birds (such as ostriches, emus, rheas and penguins). The latter, of course, 'fly' quite well underwater. No cockroach is adept beneath the waves. Lastly, some cockroaches fly quite well in 'economy', 'business' and even 'first' class aboard aircraft.

Most species of cockroach can fly if they actually want to (at least those that still have wings, some like the Madagascar hissing cockroach they always made people eat on Fear Factor have lost their wings and are flightless). 

The reason most of them don't fly is that they actually kind of suck at it. 

Cockroaches have made a very successful niche for themselves as cryptic little insects that run very quickly for cover when they are threatened. Their first instinct for escape is now to scurry, rather than take flight and fly away. 

Flying cockroaches are pretty large, slow moving, and not terrifically maneuverable. When cockroaches first evolved, this was probably sufficient to make them and the other early insects like stoneflies, mayflies and crickets masters of the air, but once aerial predators like birds started evolving, they became pretty easy pickings. 

A cockroach flying through the air now would be the target of every bird that saw it. A big, juicy meal flapping furiously to bumble its body along. 

Those cockroaches that are relatively strong fliers (like the Asian cockroach, or the Cuban cockroach) usually only fly at night, when there are fewer predators to see them. Even then, they're probably easy pickings for any bat that might be about.

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