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minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIf it is hard to digest meat, why do carnivores have shorter guts than herbivores?
minus-squareAldrond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago“Hard” doesn’t necessarily mean “requiring many resources” in this case. It has more nutrients, and as such it’s usually not digested as fully as herbivores digest plant matter. It’s harder on the system doing the digestion.
If it is hard to digest meat, why do carnivores have shorter guts than herbivores?
“Hard” doesn’t necessarily mean “requiring many resources” in this case. It has more nutrients, and as such it’s usually not digested as fully as herbivores digest plant matter.
It’s harder on the system doing the digestion.