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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: oor wullie on January 22, 2015, 08:09:52 am

Title: Can cows see in the dark?
Post by: oor wullie on January 22, 2015, 08:09:52 am

As is says in the title.

Just one of the trivial things that often goes through my mind as I watch them........

Title: Re: Can cows see in the dark?
Post by: SallyintNorth on January 22, 2015, 08:59:40 am

Whether they can see in pitch black, I don't know, but they can see well enough on a dark night to get around in the fields.  (Says she who has been led a right royal dance by a Jersey who didn't want to come in on the odd occasion... ;))

I often wonder about sheep, though - their eyes reflect, so they must be using the available light, but when feeding them in the dark they don't seem to be able to find the cake.   :thinking: :thinking:  :idea:  I guess that means their noses don't work in the dark!   :roflanim: