For example, a "tympanic reindeer" (paljehtunut, ilmavatsainen, lankkumaha)--a sick reindeer that cannot eructate because of a foamy rumen (Antti Oksanen, pers.
For example, chapter 4, "Living Together," includes a section called "A Belching Cow." Here the reader learns the term eructate; that "a twenty-two gallon cow's rumen would be home to about a quadrillion microbes, about 200,000 times as many microbes as there are humans on Earth"; that the microorganisms produced in the rumen are "the ruminant's major source of protein"; that all five major types of microbes are present in the rumen; that dry dog food is treated so it has an odor similar to that of a rumen, but diluted in strength; and that certain Eskimo tribes that eat reindeer get sufficient vitamins by eating not just the meat, but also the contents of the reindeer rumens.
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