Cows' chewing their cud

Ever see a cow chewing like this, as if she’s chewing gum? She’s chewing her cud! … “Wait, what’s cud?” A cow is a ruminant, which means its stomach has four separate compartments. 🌾 Digestion begins when the cow’s long tongue wraps around plants and tears it, pulling it into their mouth. Cows have bottom teeth with a hard dental pad on the top plus molars to chew and stimulate saliva. When the cow first eats her feed she chews it just enough to moisten and swallow it. It then travels down to t

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