I can understand why dog poo looks different from horse poo as they eat different things. Sheep and cows eat the same food (grass) and both even ruminate (chew their cud) but their poo looks VERY different.
2007-12-23 05:14:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Sparkey....what's the difference between the grass cows eat and the grass sheep eat?...NOTHING...read the question fool!
2007-12-23 05:47:24 · update #1
female...are you telling me you've never seen cow dung or sheep's poo?
2007-12-23 05:48:16 · update #2
Thanks bikincaw, why do these idiots bother to answer if they don't like the question...retards!
2007-12-23 05:49:34 · update #3
bikinkaw...you'd think that as the cow needs more water its digestive system would extract more water so the faeces would be drier...a sheep does not need as much so you'd expect it to absorb less so have squidgier poo.
2007-12-23 06:23:22 · update #4
Actually, that's not as dumb of a question as many think it is.
The more water efficient the animal is, the clumpier the poop is. For example, sheep and goats require less water to survive than a cow does, pound for pound of body weight. That's why their feces is little dry balls while cows make big splattery messes. Camel dung would be even dryer.
The amount of lignin in an animal's forage diet also contributes to the texture. Cows on fresh, juicy, lush spring grass will squirt a stream of liquid poop 6 feet away. Graze that same cow on old, dried up, drought parched grass and it'll come out shaped like big silver dollars. I can tell how nutritious the forage is by looking at an animal's poop.
2007-12-23 05:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by bikinkawboy 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Really good question. I had not thought about this. I suspect the answer is that sheep extract more water from feces than cows before defecation.
I suspect the reason sheep extract more water is because they originated from high hilly country where the forage would have contained more fiber and water might be harder to find. They would therefore need to evolve better water conservation. Cattle are more lowland animals where water would be more plentiful.
2007-12-23 13:18:27 · answer #2 · answered by insomnia c 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Different diets, different digestive systems, different sizes. It's not just animals as different as horses and dogs; you can sometimes identify scat down to the genus or even species. The Peterson series of field guides has an excellent one on tracks by Olaus Murie. The book also includes drawings of scat.
2007-12-24 16:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must lead a boring life if you sit around wondering about animal poo... The reason they are different is that they have different digestive systems, specifically differently shaped colons, bowels and anuses.
2007-12-23 13:31:38 · answer #4 · answered by psymon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Different anatomical makeup makes the process of food different by the time it leaves the animal
2007-12-23 13:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by Rick J 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Different diets and digestive systems.
2007-12-24 10:19:52 · answer #6 · answered by drdavidcamp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm
good question but...ewwwww
i dont really like to think about poo that much!
merry xmas! =)
2007-12-23 13:19:39 · answer #7 · answered by scumbagdontyouknow- 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmm.
you look at their 'poo'?
you should get a hobby man...
edit:
nope, i've never been on a farm, and never plan to either. Its city life for me.
2007-12-23 13:20:04 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they eat different things !!!!
why did you think of this so near christmas isnt there enough to worry about
2007-12-23 13:19:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
What a **** question, me thinks you need to get a life !!
2007-12-23 13:24:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋