why do herbivores eating grass have longer small intestine and carnivores like tiger have shorter small intestine
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The small intestine is longer in herbivore than in carnivore because herbivores consume plant and grass-based food which is full of cellulose and the digestion of cellulose takes a long time. ... Herbivores need a longer small intestine to allow cellulose to be digested as taken from green plants.
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herbivores have to digest the cellulose which is present in grass. cellulose is a very complex substance. so, their intestines are long whereas carnivores don't need to digest cellulose because they don't eat grass
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