Monday, July 3, 2017

a monday matinee...


87,102,75,0,W
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John Wells said...

Big Ben turned 5 years old on July first. How does a longhorn celebrate? By chewing his cud of course. Ben really gets into "the zone" when he is chewing. Cows spend nearly eight hours out of every day chewing their cud. This plus normal chewing of food can total upwards of 40,000 jaw movements per day. Cattle are ruminant animals, this means their stomach contains four compartments: rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. When a cow first takes a bite, it chews just enough to moisten the food. Once swallowed, the food passes into the first section, the rumen, where it mixes with other acidic digestive liquids and is softened. The softened food is called cud, small balls of food. Next, the rumen muscles send the cud back up through the reticulum to the cow’s mouth, where it is re-chewed and swallowed again, this time going to the omasum section of stomach in order to squeeze out all of the moisture. Finally, the food enters the abomasum, the last part of the stomach where it mixes with digestive juices and makes its way to the intestine to be completely digested. Cud chewing is often used as an indicator of a healthy and comfortable herd. How many times did Ben chew in the video? News Theme by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Rumba Pa Bailar by Jimmy Fontanez / Media Right Productions used by permission from the YouTube Audio Library.

July 3, 2017 at 12:00 PM
Zole said...

82?

July 3, 2017 at 2:46 PM
rj said...

I never knew Ben was Jamaican...
81

July 3, 2017 at 9:07 PM
bigfoot said...

I wouldn't count on this one going viral...zzzzzzzzzzzz.

July 4, 2017 at 6:26 AM
pamit said...

A meditation in beats 'n rhythms, topped off with a dissertation on the physiology of ruminants - groovy, John!

July 5, 2017 at 4:22 PM

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