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The wonders of cows

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Jo North loves her cows and you can hear it in the expressive way she describes her lovely girls in sensory-rich detail.

"As I touch them, I am stroking their heads which are quite silky. They have got very wet noses; very, very wet. As they come closer they are sniffing so I can see and feel and smell them but they can also see and feel and smell me and obviously I smell different to a cow..."

 Cows’ tongues are fascinating. We chop things up with our teeth whereas cows do it with their tongues and they are very good at it.

A hand entering the mouth of a cow to feel its tongue.

 A wet nose!

A cow's nose.

 Jo with one of her lovely cows

 Jo North with one of her cows.

 Ready for milking

 Several cows in a field.