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Food going through the human digestive system (generally) only moves in one direction. However, In some animals, the food goes in two direction and come out of the same opening. In which animals does this happen? Why? Why would this not work for human?

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This is known as rumination and it takes place in ruminants like cow .this happens because they are herbivore which mostly eat grass and other plants so for easy digestion the food is mostly chewed by them. This would not work for humans because our diet concisest of more variety of our diet, and there intestines are built differently than ours in order to adapt.

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