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Ruminants such as cows and buffaloes swallow their food hurriedly and then sit restfully and chew their food. Give reason

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I assume it's because plant matter is harder to digest than animal matter, they are also herbivores. Cows and buffaloes have multiple stomachs, given that they take their time to digest their diets.

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Ruminants such as cows and buffaloes swallow their food hurriedly and store it in part of the stomach called rumen. ... Later, this partially digested food is returned to the buccal cavity of the animals in small lumps and animal chews

it sitting

restfully to complete the process of digestion.

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