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Cows have evolved to have only lower incisors based on the forage they eat - grass, sticks, weeds and other tough forage. Instead of upper incisors cattle have a tough dental pad. This allows the cattle to break off some of the vegetation they consume but allows them to rip up some other plants so they also consume the minerals found in the soil on the roots of the ripped-up plants.

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