important diet in herbivorus are
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Herbivores
Plant cell walls are constructed mainly of cellulose, a material that the digestive enzymes of higher animals are unable to digest or disrupt. Because of this, even the nutritious contents of plant cells are not fully available for digestion. As an evolutionary response to this problem, many leaf eaters, or herbivores, have developed a pouch at the anterior end of the stomach, called the rumen, that provides a space for the bacterial fermentation of ingested leaves. In ruminant species such as cattle and sheep, fermented material, called cud, is regurgitated from the rumen so that the animal can chew it into even smaller pieces and spread the ruminal fluid throughout the mass of ingesta.
Micro-organisms found in the ruminal fluid ferment cellulose to acetic acid and other short-chain fatty acids, which can then be absorbed and utilized as energy sources. The protein within the cells of the leaves is also released and degraded; some is resynthesized for digestion as microbial protein in the true stomach and small intestine. Another action of ruminal bacteria is the synthesis of some water-soluble vitamins so that, under most conditions, the host animal no longer requires them to be supplied in its food.
Feeding Strategy Diet Example
Algivores Algae krill, crabs, sea snail, sea urchin, parrotfish, surgeonfish, flamingo
Frugivores Fruit Ruffed lemurs
Folivores Leaf Koalas
Nectarivores Nectar Honey possum
Granivores Seeds Hawaiian honeycreepers
Palynivores Pollen Bees
Mucivores Plant fluids, i.e. sap Aphids
Xylophages Wood Termites
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