Chew the Cud

Dairy cows give more than 7 gallons of milk each day. That's 400 glasses of milk!

Dairy cows spend almost 8 hours a day chewing their cuds for a total of almost 30,000 chews daily. – Tiny Fox Lab Facts

Cows are ruminant animals, like goats, sheep, deer, and camels. This means they have a four compartment stomach and digest food via rumination.

Ruminant stomachs have four compartments: the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum and the abomasum.

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Source: https://afs.ca.uky.edu/content/why-do-cattle-chew-their-cud