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It relaxes from eating, and enables the partly eaten forage to be chewed more thoroughly during this rest period so that more nutrients can be gleaned from it.

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Q: What happens when a herbivore chews its cud?
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What is the technological term for the proccess which a cow belches up its cud and chews it?

To ruminate.


What is an animal that chews cud?

A Cow


Does the Watusi chew its cud?

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What makes bisons kosher?

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What is the name of the ball of grass a cow chews on?

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How can you use the word cud in a sentence?

"The cow chewed its cud." Cud (noun), partly digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further chewing. A ruminant is an animal that has a stomach system such that it chews its cud. This includes cattle, sheep, antelopes, deer, giraffes, and their relatives.


If an animal chews 'cud' what is it doing?

Resting and chewing partially digested plant matter it ate when grazing or eating hay or grain.


How do goats chew a cud?

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What do non ruminants eat?

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