So, what gives? These ruminant mammals sit alongside deer and antelope, a group characterized by a love of chewing the cud (if you’ve ever wondered what that means, it’s basically repeatedly ...

Any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof cleft in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. Yet of those that chew the cud or have the hoof cleft you shall not eat these ...