BIOL-1506EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Deer, Bovidae, Cecum
15 Oct 2018
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Plant eaters
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The digestive track is massive because cellulose is very difficult to break down
4 stomachs!
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Moose
Mouth > esophagus > 4 stomachs > small intestines > Caecum (large) > large
intestine > rectum > shit
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Rumination
Chewing the cud
Spitting the food back up to chew it again and have it go through the
digestive system again
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Bovidae - cow family
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Cervidae - deer family
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Foregut Fermentors
Because it goes through this system
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Breaks down cellulose in the front of the system
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Hindgut Fermentors
Mostly your mice, rabbits, horses, donkeys, zebras
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Mouth > esophagus > 1 stomach > small intestine > caecum (very large) > large
intestine > rectum
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Break down cellulose in back end of system
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Caprophilia - eating shit, literally
The eat something, poop it out, eat it again to get the nutrients left over
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Have a digestive track like the moose
Herbivores
Thursday, October 4, 2018
12:12 PM
