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Title: Which of the following statements about digestion in ruminants is false?
Post by: vietquocnguyen on Mar 30, 2018
Which of the following statements about digestion in
  ruminants is false?
  a. Ruminant animals have symbiotic bacteria to aid
  in the digestion of their food.
  b. It takes longer to digest plant material than meat.
  c. Chewing results in mechanically breaking down
  food and exposing more cellulose to digestive
  enzymes.
  d. Ruminants have a smaller range of foods in their
  diet than do humans.
  e. Pronghorn antelopes and other herbivores have a
  single but disproportionately large stomach.

Question 2

The large crowns of pronghorn molars are an
  adaptation to
  a. the size of their jaws.
  b. the type of food that they eat.
  c. the soft texture of their food.
  d. the high acid content of their mouths.
  e. none of these.


Title: Which of the following statements about digestion in ruminants is false?
Post by: transfer on Mar 30, 2018
Answer to q. 1

Answer: e

Answer to q. 2

Answer: b


Title: Which of the following statements about digestion in ruminants is false?
Post by: vietquocnguyen on Mar 30, 2018
What an excellent community, thanks for answering