Mithcoriel
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One example of a biblical error we love bringing up, is that the bible falsely claims that rabbits chew the cud. But actually, this statement isn't as false as we think it is.
Rabbits, like guinea pigs, eat their own droppings. The internal stomachs of cows, rabbits etc. are so badly designed, that the food, after being eaten, is first stored all the way in the back of the animal. Cows then regurgitate it all the way back to the mouth and chew it, while rabbits take the shortcut and poop it out and then eat it. But it's biologically pretty much the same thing.
I very much doubt the biblical authors meant this, of course. They probably thought rabbits chew the cud cause they kept seeing them munching around. But they did get that one sort of right by accident. So I wouldn't put this at the forefront of a list of mistakes the bible made. There are way better ones.
Rabbits, like guinea pigs, eat their own droppings. The internal stomachs of cows, rabbits etc. are so badly designed, that the food, after being eaten, is first stored all the way in the back of the animal. Cows then regurgitate it all the way back to the mouth and chew it, while rabbits take the shortcut and poop it out and then eat it. But it's biologically pretty much the same thing.
I very much doubt the biblical authors meant this, of course. They probably thought rabbits chew the cud cause they kept seeing them munching around. But they did get that one sort of right by accident. So I wouldn't put this at the forefront of a list of mistakes the bible made. There are way better ones.