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Cattle are built with a polygastric digestive system so that they are able to consume and digest more feedstuffs when at the risk of predators. Cattle will eat, only filling the first stomach (the rumen), then when it is safe they will rest. At this time they will regurgitate the undigested feedstuffs until all four stomachs have been filled and all the necessary nutrients have been digested.

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