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How many stomachs does a cow have?

April 26, 2017Cow Mathematics stomachs zoology

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How many stomachs does a cow have?

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Some people say that a cow has four stomachs. Actually, a cow has one stomach with four compartments.

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Its a little bit less then 9000 stomachs.Some people say a cow has four stomachs, but actually it has one stomach with four compartments.

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Sigh. There is so much misinformation here. The cow has one stomach, the abomasum. The other three parts (rumen, reticulum, and omasum) that are incorrectly called “stomachs” are actually modifications of the esophagus.

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4…I visited a college once and they had a cow where they cut out and cover with whatever it was so you can look inside and watch how the stomachs worked…I don’t know if i was more disgusted or curious looking in there, it was creepy.

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It is a popular misconception that cows have four stomachs. Cows and many other artidactyls (two-toed hoofed mammals) including deer and goats are ruminants. This means that they digest food mainly in the stomach (as opposed to horses which mainly digest food in the large intestine). A cow does not have four stomachs, its stomach is merely split into four compartments called the Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, and Abomasum. Their digestion is rather complicated and you could do your own research on it but essentially having four chambers helps break down cellulose, which is a component of grass that is hard to digest. In other words, cows have one stomach.