Incredible Why Would A Cow Eat Burning Coal References. This is the process that many call “chewing cud.”. Quite commonly cattle lick the spot where a salt and/or mineral block used to be since it dissolved into the soil below where the block was placed.

Ruminant manure constituted an important factor in american settlement on the plains, providing fuel for heat and cooking in the near total absence of wood or coal source. Forage is typically ingested through grazing where the cow uses its tongue and hard dental pad to tear plant material from a pasture. When i had cows, they ate ashes like a tasty treat.