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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 312768, member: 2844"]The bells have nothing to do with the Frisian/Holstein-ish cow's head. The head is one item, the bells another one.</p><p>Alpine cows have one bell, as do cows in some other parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, where herds can be spread out over a vast area with difficult accessibility.</p><p>Swiss cow bells are very big and can weigh as much as 5 kilos. There are now animal activists trying to ban the alpine cow bells, because of the weight and the noise so close to the cow's ears. Lightweight collars with gps-tracking are an animal-friendly solution.</p><p>The three bells together are probably a souvenir seller's invention. </p><p>Swiss cow bell:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRp1Ho1lEfQncdFQLK8RlGZpHrP78GKhvi8GLZJEU68FFw6Z0Q9TA&sp=3ae6f471371179e3729029fb33074700&anticache=882903" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 312768, member: 2844"]The bells have nothing to do with the Frisian/Holstein-ish cow's head. The head is one item, the bells another one. Alpine cows have one bell, as do cows in some other parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, where herds can be spread out over a vast area with difficult accessibility. Swiss cow bells are very big and can weigh as much as 5 kilos. There are now animal activists trying to ban the alpine cow bells, because of the weight and the noise so close to the cow's ears. Lightweight collars with gps-tracking are an animal-friendly solution. The three bells together are probably a souvenir seller's invention. Swiss cow bell: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRp1Ho1lEfQncdFQLK8RlGZpHrP78GKhvi8GLZJEU68FFw6Z0Q9TA&sp=3ae6f471371179e3729029fb33074700&anticache=882903[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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