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    The document compares the digestive systems of a mammalian carnivore, herbivore, and nectar feeder. A carnivore's system digests protein and fats through a single-chambered stomach containing acid and a shorter large intestine. A herbivore's system has a multi-chambered stomach including a rumen that uses bacteria to break down cellulose, and a shorter small intestine. A nectar feeder's system lacks specializations, instead using a long tongue and specialized palate to harvest sufficient pollen and nectar for nutrients through digestion in its small intestine.

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    The document compares the digestive systems of a mammalian carnivore, herbivore, and nectar feeder. A carnivore's system digests protein and fats through a single-chambered stomach containing acid and a shorter large intestine. A herbivore's system has a multi-chambered stomach including a rumen that uses bacteria to break down cellulose, and a shorter small intestine. A nectar feeder's system lacks specializations, instead using a long tongue and specialized palate to harvest sufficient pollen and nectar for nutrients through digestion in its small intestine.

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    Comparison of Herbivore, Carnivore and Nectar Feeder

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    Identify data sources, gather, process, analyse and present information from secondary sources and
    use available evidence to compare the digestive systems of mammals, including a grazing herbivore,
    carnivore and a predominantly nectar feeding animal

    Mammalian Carnivore
    Humans, pigs, etc.

    Mammalian Herbivore
    Cattle, sheep, etc.

    Examples of
    animals in
    this group

    Chemicals
    common in
    foods
    ingested by
    animal

    Our system is designed to


    digest and absorb protein
    and fats substances that
    do not require long time
    processes to break down
    the nutrients
    Protein as amino
    acids
    Fats/Lipids as fatty
    acids & glycerol
    Carbohydrates as
    simple sugars
    (monsaccharides)

    Ruminant animal
    High carbohydrate diet
    with lower amounts of
    protein the protein is less
    concentrated than in the
    flesh of an animal
    Farmers and protein
    supplements problems
    mad cow disease

    Mammalian Nectar Feeder


    The honey possum is a
    small, mouse-sized
    marsupial mammal that lives
    in south-western
    Australia.
    The dietary specialisation of
    honey possums appears not
    to be due to any
    specialisation of the
    digestive system but to the
    specialisations of the tongue
    and palate which enable the
    animal to harvest sufficient
    pollen and nectar to provide
    protein and energy required
    for all lifes purposes.

    Diagram of
    digestive
    system (cut
    & paste from
    internet)

    Comparison
    of system
    parts teeth

    Comparison
    of system
    parts
    stomach(s)

    Teeth include:
    Canines (small)
    grabbing/ripping
    Incisors - cutting
    Molars - grinding

    Teeth include:
    Nipping/cutting teeth
    Molars - grinding

    Monogastric 1 stomach
    Contains acid (HCl)
    digestion of protein requires
    acidic conditions

    Ruminant more than 1 stomach


    actually 4 Rumen, Omasum,
    Abomasum and reticulum
    Rumen (main large stomach) has
    bacteria and other organisms that

    The incisors and canines


    are pointed but the cheek
    teeth are flattened pegs with
    rounded tips and do not
    resemble the normal
    structure of mammalian
    teeth
    It has a large, twochambered stomach.

    Mammalian Carnivore

    Comparison
    of system
    parts small
    intestine

    Comparison
    of system
    parts
    Caecum

    Comparison
    of system
    parts Large
    Intestine

    Most nutrient absorbed here


    The surface area for
    absorption is maximised by
    villi
    Amino acids + simple
    sugars into blood
    Fatty acids into the lymph
    Contains bacteria to assist
    in breakdown of foods
    extremely small and of little
    usage
    Much shorter (length) than
    small intestine
    Absorption of
    Water
    Vitamins
    minerals

    Mammalian Herbivore
    breakdown cellulose and complex
    carbohydrates into simple sugars
    - fermentation
    Most nutrient absorbed here
    The surface area for absorption is
    maximised by villi
    Amino acids + simple sugars into
    blood
    Fatty acids into the lymph
    Contains bacteria to assist in
    breakdown of foods larger than
    in monogastric animal
    Much shorter (length) than small
    intestine
    Absorption of
    Water
    Vitamins
    minerals

    Mammalian Nectar Feeder

    Pollen (high in protein and


    carbohydrate) is digested
    progressively in the small
    intestine.

    First it lacks a caecum so


    there is little to help us
    identify where the small
    intestine finishes and where
    the large intestine starts!

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