Thursday, April 3, 2008

Twins!



2 days ago I saw one of the coolest things I have always wanted to see... a big animal born. And to make it even better, later that day twins were born. It is incredible how in just 5 minutes or so it goes from little hooves protruding to seeing nostrils and then a squished head and.. a big push and all of a sudden there is a new little life. As soon as he hits the ground momma cow starts licking and within a few minutes you see the calf struggle to life as he lifts his head up. Wait another few minutes and he is struggling to move his legs and within an hour this partially dry little thing is trying to stand up. And they are pre-programmed to stand up and search for mom and nurse within a few hours. Amazing!

3 comments:

Jenn said...

OOOh, sweet fuzzy cows. If only humans could also do the "within a few minutes" kind of labor:)

Lori said...

Ooh, awfully cute.

kevandcan said...

Yea, pretty amazing stuff. Thanks for sending the pictures!