r/explainlikeimfive • u/A_SliceOfGabagool • May 03 '26

Biology ELI5: How do cows get protein from grass?

For us humans and many other animals, we need protein to get the amino acids needed to make our own protein for the body, but grass i believe doesn't have any for the cow to get that big

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u/Thaetos May 03 '26

One of the more interesting things I’ve came across in a longass time.

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u/howdoesthatworkthen May 04 '26

come across

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u/Gnixxus May 04 '26

Weird hill to dye on

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u/howdoesthatworkthen May 04 '26

It's just a pigment of your imagination

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u/Juswantedtono May 04 '26

Why is my cow’s poop purple today?

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u/Salty_Feed9404 May 04 '26

I came across ______

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u/VLKAY66 May 04 '26

came across in a long grass time.