{"id":3553,"date":"2021-03-20T04:35:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T04:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2021-06-21T05:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T05:40:53","slug":"animals-with-multiple-stomachs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/animals-with-multiple-stomachs\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Animals With Multiple Stomachs"},"content":{"rendered":"
While we are at it, let us tell you that animals with four stomachs or animals with ‘four compartment’ stomachs are known as ruminant animals. Ruminant animals with their four stomachs have a different digestion process than humans, wherein the food moves through 4 different compartments of the stomach, instead of just one as in humans.<\/span><\/p>\n Let us understand the ruminant digestive system in detail. Post that, we shall present you with a list of animals with four stomachs and then with animals that have no stomach at all.<\/span><\/p>\n 1) Rumen<\/strong><\/p>\n The Rumen usually lies on the left of the animal and is the largest compartment of the stomach, holding a gargantuan amount of material. Consisting of several sacs, the Rumen is where the carbs are broken down; it also acts as storage where the feed collected by the ruminant animal is stored.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Apart from storing feed, the Rumen is the compartment where fermentation begins since the environment is favorable for the growth and sustenance of microbes. Papillae lining the edge of the Rumen increase the surface area of the Rumen, therefore allowing it to absorb more of VFAs obtained from fermentation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2) Reticulum<\/strong><\/p>\n The reticulum is yet another stomach compartment that favors fermentation and is linked to the Rumen in all ways. It is a pouch-like structure close to the heart, and it also helps break down food. However, the walls are slightly differently constructed for the breaking down of food.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All the heavy and calorically dense food is stored in the reticulum. The reticulum looks somewhat similar to a honeycomb due to the vast network of tissues that come together to give it the shape of a honeycomb.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Rumen and the reticulum are separated from each other by a small tissue fold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 3) Omasum<\/strong><\/p>\n The third compartment of a ruminant’s stomach is the omasum, where the bolus or the chewed food is stored before passing it down to the abomasum or the 4th stomach compartment. Although the function of the compartment is yet to be understood by biologists, we are given to understand that omasum absorbs water and other substances it can assimilate from the content digested in the stomach. <\/span><\/p>\n The crumpled paper-bag-looking structure contains leaves of tissue, similar to ones you see on a paperback. The ingesta between the leaves is drier in this particular compartment compared to the others.<\/span><\/p>\n 4) Abomasum<\/strong><\/p>\n The abomasum can also be considered the ‘true stomach’ of the ruminant, which is also an essential part of its digestive system. Before moving down the gut, the food moves through the abomasum – a compartment lined with glands where the acid prepares the ingesta and the protein for getting digested further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The glands in the abomasum secrete HCl and other digestive enzymes that help break down protein and feed it from the ruminant. The abomasum in a ruminant’s stomach is comparable to the stomach of a non-ruminant organism, say, humans.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n These five animals have 4 stomachs or 4 stomach compartments.<\/span><\/p>\nAnimals with 4 Stomachs:<\/span><\/h1>\n
Cachalot Whale (Sperm Whale)<\/span><\/h2>\n