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cud

partially digested food regurgitated from the first stomach of cattle and other ruminants to the mouth for a second chewing

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Later, when the animal is resting somewhere quieter, it regurgitates the food into the mouth and chews the cud, then swallows it again into other stomach compartments.

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50pm) More choice chat from Michael Parkinson as he chews the cud with Ballykissangel and Brassed Off star Stephen Tomkinson, globetrotting funnyman Michael Palin and pop veteran Elton John - Sir Elt to you - who also performs a song or two from his repertoire.