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This isn't accurate. The grass that cows eat doesn't contain enough amino acids to support the cow's growth.
It's actually the bacteria the cow's gut that digests the grass (mostly carbohydrate) and converts some of it into amino acids that the cow absorbs.
That's not all amino acids, since the cow's body can create some of it's own (just like humans).
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This isn't accurate. The grass that cows eat doesn't contain enough amino acids to support the cow's growth.
It's actually the bacteria the cow's gut that digests the grass (mostly carbohydrate) and converts some of it into amino acids that the cow absorbs.
That's not all amino acids, since the cow's body can create some of it's own (just like humans).