Why is a cow called a peaceful animal?

They look peaceful, and when they are safe in their own environment with nothing to disturb them, they generally are. They are herbivores, so have no desire to eat you. read more

Centuries and centuries of selective breeding by man has produced an animal that is general peaceful and easy to handle. Basically, if the cow or bull was mean it was more likely to be killed eaten and therefore reproduce less and pass on its mean genes less. This still happens on farms. read more

All of those French terms are still the French words for those animals (as well as their meat) today. As for fish, we most likely still call it fish because the French term for it, poisson, is too close to the English word poison. read more