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What is a ruminate?

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1) to chew the cud 2) to go over and over in ones mind.

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What is to ruminate?
it's when cows eat food, digest it partially, the food comes back >and they chew it again< -- > to ruminate
Which animals ruminate?
cows ruminate
Why does cow ruminate?
Cows are ruminates because int he wild they never knew when a predator was going to attack, so they would eat and eat, filling only the first stomach (the rumen), when it was safe they would then lay...
Does pigs ruminate?
cows and horses ruminate. This is when the food in the stomach is brought back to the mouse to re chew. Pig don't ruminate.
Do sheep ruminate?
Yes, sheeps do ruminate. Actually most of the grass eating animals ruminate. Answer. No...sheep only have one stomach