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Digestive System Differences


8/26/2005

status student
grade 9-12
location N/A

Question - I need to find out what the diffrence is between a
herbivor and a carnivors digestive system is?
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One main difference between the digestive systems of herbivores and
carnivores is that carnivores have one stomache, where as many herbivores
like sheep, goats and cows have 3 or 4 stomaches where the food has to be
regurgitated and chewed again, then reswallowed where it enters into another
stomache to be digested.

Grace Field
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