Different types of food are eaten by various groups of animals, but it is usuall

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Different types of food are eaten by various groups of animals, but it is usually true that _____.

animals typically produce enzymes that hydrolyze cellulose many carnivorous vertebrates house large populations of symbiotic bacteria in special fermentation chambers in their stomachs to help digest cellulose the teeth of herbivores tend to be sharper than the teeth of carnivores ruminant animals such as cows house large populations of symbiotic bacteria in special fermentation chambers in their stomachs to help digest cellulose the intestines of carnivores tend to be longer than the intestines of herbivores of similar overall body size O

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C : ruminants contains extra chamber in there stomach which contains symbiotic organism's which help in the digestion of the these herbivores animals.

Digestion in ruminants occurs sequentially in a four-chambered stomach. Plant material is initially taken into the Rumen, where it is processed mechanically and exposed to bacteria than can break down cellulose (foregut fermentation

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