NURSING ANM AND GNM

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mostly grass eating animals are called ____
A
Carnivore
B
Omnivore
C
Ruminants
D
Scavenger
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cows are known as “ruminants” because the largest pouch of the stomach is called the rumen. Imagine a large 55-gallon trashcan. In a mature cow, the rumen is about the same size! Its large size allows cows to consume large amounts of grass.

Detailed explanation-2: -The process of rechewing the cud to further break down plant matter and stimulate digestion is called rumination. The word “ruminant” comes from the Latin ruminare, which means “to chew over again". The roughly 200 species of ruminants include both domestic and wild species.

Detailed explanation-3: -An herbivore is an organism that feeds mostly on plants. Herbivores range in size from tiny insects such as aphids to large, lumbering elephants.

Detailed explanation-4: -A ruminant is any herbivorous animal that has a stomach with four compartments, which are tasked with acquiring nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it prior to digestion. The four stomach compartments of ruminants are as follows: Rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum.

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