The Milk Bypass

People see a cow feeding her young. Some marvel at this. Others see it as just a young calve feeding herself.
So, in the case of the ruminants such as lambs, kids and calves. There is much more involved in the feeding of the themselves. Its also the process of which it goes. Cows have a 4- chambered stomach for the multiple processes needed to digest grass and forage. But, because only newborns feed only on milk, which does not need all those processes of digestion. So, when the newborn suckles, a special bypass tunnel opens to allow the milk to go directly to the lads chamber. If the milk finds its way to the first chamber, called the rumen is where hard-to-digest food is broken down by bacterial fermentation. Fermenting milk produces gas that the newborns cannot eliminate. However, when young ruminants drink milk, whether from the nipple or a bucket, a reflex action snaps shut the entryway to the rumen. Remarkably, something different happens when a newborn drinks water. It needs plenty of water in its rumen so that the bacteria and microbes there can multiply, ready for when youngster begins to live on forage. Although milk goes directly to the stomach’s final chamber, plain water enters the rumen. The calf’s amazing bypass is for milk only! So, think about it. Did the milk bypass come about by chance? Or is it the work of an intelligent Creator?