Kim
Posts : 81 Join date : 2009-11-29
| Subject: Lev 11:6 Cud-chewing hare Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:24 pm | |
| The hare is called a cud chewing animal. Vetinary science tells us that they do not regurgitate like a cow to chew cud. How can this be explained? | |
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QUO VADIS? Moderator
Posts : 172 Join date : 2009-11-08
| Subject: Re: Lev 11:6 Cud-chewing hare Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:33 pm | |
| The Hebrew in this verse literally means "raises up what has been swallowed." - Quote :
- The Mystery of Rabbit Poop
by Dana Krempels, Ph.D.
Unlike most other mammals, lagomorphs (including domestic rabbits) produce two types of droppings, fecal pellets (the round, dry ones you usually see in the litterbox) and cecotropes. The latter are produced in a region of the rabbit's digestive tract called the cecum, a blind-end pouch located at the junction of the small and large intestines. The cecum contains a natural community of bacteria and fungi that provide essential nutrients and may even protect the rabbit from potentially harmful pathogens.
How does the rabbit get those essential nutrients? She eats the cecotropes as they exit the anus. The rabbits blissful expression when she's engaging in cecotrophy (the ingestion of cecotropes) will tell you that she finds this anything but disgusting. In fact, rabbits deprived of their cecotropes will eventually succumb to malnutrition. Cecotropes are not feces. They are nutrient-packed dietary items essential to your companion rabbit's good health.
A rabbit may produce cecotropes at various times during the day, and this periodicity may vary from rabbit to rabbit. Some produce cecotropes in the late morning, some in the late afternoon, and some at night. In any case, they usually do this when you're not watching (quite polite of them). This might be why some people refer to cecotropes as "night droppings," though cecotropes are not always produced at night..... Found here...... According to the Encyclopedia Britannica: - Quote :
- "Some lagomorphs [rabbits and hares] are capable of re-ingesting moist and nutritionally rich fecal pellets, a practice considered comparable to cud-chewing in ruminants ...The upper tooth rows are more widely separated than the lower rows, and chewing is done with a transverse movement."
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