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23/11/2020 5:17 pm
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Why do herbivores have longer, small intestine than carnivores?
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23/11/2020 5:18 pm
Digestion of cellulose takes a longer time. Hence, herbivores eating grass need a longer small intestine to allow complete digestion of cellulose. Carnivorous animals cannot digest cellulose due to the absence of enzyme CELLULASE, hence they have a shorter intestine.