Question

Give the scientific reason:

The small intestine of a lion is shorter in length than that of a deer.​

Answer 1

ANSWER

Carnivores have a single-chambered stomach. Because meat is relatively easily digested, their small intestines (where absorption of food molecules takes place) are short – about three to five or six times the body length.

Since these animals average a kill only about once a week, a large stomach volume is advantageous because it allows the animals to quickly gorge themselves when eating, taking in as much meat as possible at one time which can then be digested later while resting.

Herbivores have significantly longer guts than carnivores because of the relative difficulty with which various kinds of plant foods are broken down, due to large amounts of indigestible fibres. The small intestine of plant-eating animals tends to be very long – over ten times body length – to allow enough time and space for absorption of the nutrients.

Thus,The small intestine of a lion (carnivore) is shorter in length than that of a deer(herbivore).

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