return to main index

  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
 
Click here for LLL Reptile & Supply
Mice, Rats, Rabbits, Chicks, Quail
Available Now at RodentPro.com!
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Herp Photo of the Day: False Coral Snake . . . . . . . . . .  Herp Photo of the Day: Bearded Dragon . . . . . . . . . .  Greater Cincinnati Herp Society Meeting - Apr 02, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Calusa Herp Society Meeting - Apr 04, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Southwestern Herp Society Meeting - Apr 06, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Hamburg Reptile Show - Apr. 13, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  St. Louis Herpetological Society - Apr 14, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  San Diego Herp Society Meeting - Apr 16, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  DFW Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - Apr 20, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Chicago Herpetological Society Meeting - Apr 21, 2024 . . . . . . . . . . 
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research
full banner - advertise here .50¢/1000 views
Layne Labs - Natural Diets for Pets & Wildlife
pool banner - $50 year

RE: Question about cow color

[ Login ] [ User Prefs ] [ Search Forums ] [ Back to Main Page ] [ Back to Horses & Farm Animals ] [ Reply To This Message ]
[ Register to Post ]

Posted by: PH Cody at Tue Oct 7 14:01:50 2003  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PH Cody ]  
   

>>Someone told me that the skin of some black and white cows change to brown and white in warmer weather. Is this true, or is somebody pulling my leg? If it is true, why does it happen?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.


Hmmm...depends on what exactly they are saying. If they mean that the hair coat itself turns brown, that can indeed be true. The sun "bleaches" the hair so that its actually just a dull black/brown instead of a bright glossy black. This happens in all animals, including humans. The sun damages to hair shaft. When they shed out that coat and grow a new one - either winter or summer, it will be black again until the sun repeats the cycle and bleaches it out again.

If they mean that the skin itself changes color, then no, that does not happen. You can get sunburn on exposed skin or skin that is under thin, white hair but that's about it.
-----
PH Cody
HorseHobbyist Site Coordinator


   

[ Reply To This Message ] [ Subscribe to this Thread ] [ Show Entire Thread ]


<< Previous Message:  Question about cow color - LeonThomas, Thu Oct 2 10:27:49 2003