Assertion: ruminant | /r/HasAspect | four stomachs
Facets:
value: really
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Often it's said that ruminants have four stomachs.
text: Ruminants actually only have one stomach, but it is broken up into distinct sections, each of which houses distinct bacterial flora and fauna, which play an important role in the process of digestion for the host ruminant.
text: Ruminants (i.e. cows, sheep, goats) have 4 stomachs and chew their cud.
text: Ruminants have four stomachs and digest their food in their stomachs instead of in their intestines, as humans do.
text: Ruminants, such as cows and sheep, are those animals that have four stomachs; they eat plant matter and have symbiotic bacteria living within their stomachs to help digest cellulose.
text: Do ruminants really have four stomachs?
text: Who thinks ruminants have four stomachs?
text: There seems to be a too-common misunderstanding that ruminants have four stomachs.
text: I’m not able to put my finger on the exact reason for the misunderstanding, because I think there may be multiple reasons why people are under the impression that ruminants have four stomachs.
text: They’re different from monogastric animals (animals with one single-chambered stomach), as ruminants have one stomach composed of four distinct chambers (not four stomachs), each with specialized functions.