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What do you understand by rumination? Give one example.

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Rumination:

  1. The animals that directly swallow the food and then bring back the fermented food from the stomach to the mouth for chewing are ruminant animals.
  2. The ruminant animals contain a ruminant stomach with four chambers and in such stomach the fermentation of plant-based food occurs.
  3. Cows and buffaloes are examples of ruminant animals.

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