Without a lot of research I was (possibly inappropriately) assuming that a large portion of that liquid weight was being disposed of by urination and the milk creation process.
So maybe -that's- where the extra weight comes from. Still, 120 pounds of cow crap in a single day, is a little surprising.
Looking at just those (quickly google'd) unverified sites it would appear cows may take in between 80-100 pounds of food a day. And that about 65 pounds of waste total leaves thier body as manure, in up to 15 different instances, a day.
That doesn't quite add up to 120 lbs in my book.
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Without a lot of research I was (possibly inappropriately) assuming that a large portion of that liquid weight was being disposed of by urination and the milk creation process.
So maybe -that's- where the extra weight comes from. Still, 120 pounds of cow crap in a single day, is a little surprising.
Something about this just doesn't seem to be right. I may be a little slow, but 120 pounds of manure a day?!
I did some poking around to see just how much cows take in, after all what goes in must come out.
There are actually quite a few sites out there with info on what a cow supposedly eats... Ihatecows.com FergusonFoundation.org
Looking at just those (quickly google'd) unverified sites it would appear cows may take in between 80-100 pounds of food a day. And that about 65 pounds of waste total leaves thier body as manure, in up to 15 different instances, a day.
That doesn't quite add up to 120 lbs in my book.