• Question: do cows drink milk? :)

    Asked by hawk44bat to Min, Marcello, Israel, Dheeraj, Aoife on 19 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Marcello Valente

      Marcello Valente answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Like quite all mammals, cows drinks milk only when they are very young.
      Only humans continue to drink milk after the first months of living.

    • Photo: Aoife McHugh

      Aoife McHugh answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Yes young calves drink milk from their mothers

    • Photo: Israel Ikoyi

      Israel Ikoyi answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Yes, the young calves depend on the milk from their mother.

    • Photo: Dheeraj Rathore

      Dheeraj Rathore answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      Cow milk is actually meant to be consumed by baby cows (calves). Adult cows do not drink milk.
      According to the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, the majority of calves older than 9 weeks are weaned off their mother’s milk; before that point, it is their only source of food.

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