- These lifelike animals add an element of realism to imaginary play spaces. Through engaging spaces, children are able to explore a variety of animal environments.
The animals will encourage children’s understanding of animal names, temperaments and their natural habitat. The inclusion of natural elements such as grasses, logs and soils will inspire children’s explorations and imaginative role play.
- Pack includes 1 x Cow, 1 x Horse, 2 x Sheep
- Packaged in presentation box
- Suitable for 3+ yrs
- Dimensions
Horse 13 cm L x 4 cm W x 8 cm H
Cow 13 cm L x 5 cm W x 7 cm H
Sheep 8 cm L x 3 cm W x 5 cm H
Lamb 5 cm L x 1.5 cm W x 3 cm H
About Cows
Cows are raised for many reasons including: milk, cheese, other dairy products, also for meat such as beef and veal and materials such as leather hide. In older times they were used as work animals to pull carts and to plough fields. In some cultures cows are worshipped.
A cow spends up to 6 hours a day eating. Cows spend over 8 hours a day chewing their cud which is regurgitated, partially digested food. Drinking an equivalent to a bath tub full of water a day the average cow is 2 years old when she has her first calf. Two months before giving birth, a dairy cow takes a rest from giving milk in order to grow her calf. Calves are fed from the cow until they are between 8 and 9 weeks old. It is essential for a calf to be fed their mothers milk from birth as it contains antibodies that protect the new calf from diseases.
The age of a cow is determined by examination of the teeth and less perfectly by the horns.
About Horses
Horses are ungulates — mammals with hooves. They commonly have long tails, short hair, muscular torsos, long thick necks and elongated heads. Due to domestication, they are found all over the world.
There are more than 400 different breeds of horses. Horses can be as big as 175cm from hoof to shoulder and weigh as much as 1000kg. Tiny horses exist, too. The smallest breeds of horses can be as small as 76 centimeters from hoof to shoulder and weigh just 54kg.
Horses are found in almost every country in the world and every continent except Antarctica. - Horses are very social animals. They live in groups called herds. In the wild, horses will live in herds that consist of 3 to 20 and are lead by a mature male, which is called a stallion.
Horses are herbivores. This means they only eat vegetation. Typically, horses eat grass, but domesticated horses are often fed bran, rolled oats, barley and hay.
Horses have live births after around 11 months of gestation. Horse offspring are called foals. The foal is able to stand soon after birth and becomes mature at 3 to 5 years of age.
A male horse is called a stallion, a female horse is called a mare, a young male horse is called a colt and a young female horse is called a filly.
Domestic horses have a lifespan of around 25 years.
About Sheep
Sheep are herbivores that eat vegetation such as grass. The digestive system of sheep features four chambers which help break down what they eat. A group of sheep is known as a herd, flock or mob.
Sheep like to stay close to others in a herd which makes them easier for the shepherd to move the herd to new pastures.
Sheep have a field of vision of around 300 degrees, allowing them to see behind themselves without having to turn their head.
Adult female sheep are known as ewes, adult male sheep are known as rams and young sheep are called lambs.
