Question

Ruminants such as cow swallow their food hurriedly and then sit restfully and chew their food.why

Answer 1

Ruminants such as cows and buffaloes swallow their food hurriedly and then sit restfully and chew their food. This is because they have a bag like structure in them where the food which is taken goes. And when they are free they chew that food.

Answer 2

Ruminants swallow their food hurriedly and then sit restfully and chew their food. When ruminants are prone to predation, they quickly swallow food to prevent the predators from eating their food up. They then bring the swallowed food back to their stomach for second chewing, called cud, when they are in safer surroundings.