Why does a cow have 4 stomachs?

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anonymous · Answer

:) fren, u had already misunderstanding ...
cow do not have 4 stomach, only 1 stomach but 4 chambers..

-The rumen holds up to 50 gallons of partially digested food. This is where cud comes from. Good bacteria in the rumen helps digest the cows food and provides protein for the cow. 
-The reticulum is called the hardware stomach because if cows accidentally eat hardware (like a piece of fencing scrap), it will often lodge here causing no further damage. 
-The omasum is sort of like a filter. 
-The abomasum which is like our stomach.

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