calves

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“If I lived in another country, my legs wouldn’t look like this,” she said, rolling up her pants to show the chronic sores on her calves.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

As older whales became more common, they also became more successful at fathering calves than their younger competitors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

A County Tyrone man has joined a tiny group of farmers around the world who can say their cow gave birth to five calves.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

"She put all the energy into the calves, the calves are in good shape, but it took it off the mother," Moore said.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

Cows, goats and sheep produce milk only after giving birth to calves, kids and lambs, and only as long as the youngsters are suckling.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari