I count 3 "bulls" I count 7 occurances with reference to a male bovine (Bull and bulls)

Nope....

and nope...I will field 2 more answers and I will tell you all the solution...

You know...I used this question on some pledges one time...And one of them was a Biology major....God... that was a long day......

I did, but it was right at the end of work before I had to get the kid, so I didn't take much time...

ETA: I think you're going to say the answer is one.

don't worry about what I think...hehehe... I know the answer...what do YOU think it is...? LOL

I'm more annoyed at your lack of subject/verb agreement in the riddle, but whatev.

Hokay. If you're talking about the word "bulls" (plural) there are four. If you're talking about the word "Bull" (singular and plural) there are eight.

If you're talking about the male species of bovine, there are five. Female bovine that have had a calf are Cows. Male calves are still considered bulls (until they get their testes snipped, thereafter they are considered steers.)

And I'm most impressed that cow had four calves. And lived. And all her calves lived. Must have been rough with one at each teat for the first few months.

I don't know how many bulls there are but there is sure a heck of a lot of bull sh*t

webster.com defines a bull as: an adult uncastrated male domestic bovine
so there is ONE and only one bull.

There is no such thing as a baby bull, it's a calf (or in my preference veal :D). The girl is obviously excluded because she has a vagina and doesn't qualify!

BankPink (dictionary usage counts as cheating ) got it right.....in otras palabras....only a full grown Male steer can be called a bull.

Hehehe....I have been telling that riddle for 15 years and still it takes 'forever' for people to get that right.......LOL

Um, no a full-grown male steer cannot be called a bull, as steers, by definition lack the equipment that makes bulls, well, bulls.

So my instinct was right about you saying the answer is one, but I don't agree. No matter what webster.com says. I still stand by my statement that male calves can also be [informally] called bulls, as that's how my dad, who has been raising beef cattle for 50+ years calls them.

Neener.

And I realize it's ridiculous I'm so annoyed by this, but I am.

You know what the heck I meant....don't be annoyed....just go for the obvious answer...we are not going by what your dad says...I don't know your dad.

I'm more annoyed at myself for getting so involved. :p

And I asked the hub, who also grew up on a farm, and he said one. So obviously I'm dumb.

Hey...you said it I didn't....LOL

Any adult (bovine, elk, moose, elephant...etc) is a bull...when you are considering young....a bull more than likely is used to differentiate between the sexes.

I didn't grow up on a farm ;)


Don't be annoyed....like I said 15 years and I watched all kinds of people get frustrated with that riddle....hehehe.

BTW...this came up from a dispute I had with my biology teacher over the same issue....LOL.

He tried to tell me the same thing until we looked it up.

Ok....new riddle:

What does a diamond become when it is placed in water?

wet? I feel like I've heard that one before...

o.k. that was funny.:p