1.   From the way they were entwined, it appeared that the mother was nursing her calf.

2.   Mothers nurse the calves for about a year.

3.   Mothers that stay behind to nurse their calves are often picked off by predators or hunters.

4.   So after about two seasons of limited feeding, pregnant cows began losing fetuses, and mothers lost the ability to nurse their calves.

5.   The Nuggets were without Antonio McDyess, who sat out because of lower back spasms, and Tariq Abdul-Wahad, who was nursing a sore right calf.