Photo of a Scottish highland cow in the snow. She stands with her head up, looking at the photographer. The landscape is wintry white with snow and hoarfrost.
The Scottish Highlander is the original cattle of the western highlands of Scotland. Until 1849, most Scottish highlanders were black in colour. Now you see mostly red ones. Besides black and red, blonde varieties also occur. An adult bull weighs 800 kilograms and a cow 500 kilograms. The shoulder height is 125 and 115 cm respectively. Scottish highlanders can live up to eighteen years. During that time, a cow can give birth to about 15 calves. The gestation period is about ten months. Cows have widespread, upward-pointing horns, while those of bulls are horizontally forward. This photo was taken on the Hijkerveld in Drenthe, the Netherlands, December 2022.
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