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an animal that chews its dinner twice because the first bite was just a rough draft.
means a hoofed mammal with a multi-chambered stomach that ferments plant matter, regurgitates it as cud, and rechews it before final digestion.
from from latin ruminare, to chew over, itself from rumen, the throat — the same root gave us ruminate, for minds that also chew thoughts twice.
stomach chambersfour: rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum
famous memberscows, sheep, giraffes, deer, camels
microbe powerrumen bacteria digest grass, not the animal itself
methane costcow burps drive real climate accounting