Why is small intestine in herbivores longer than in carnivores?

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Abhishek Mishra

2 years ago

Herbivores have a longer small intestine compared to the carnivores to allow time for the cellulose present in the grass to get digested. Cellulose takes longer time to get digested. Animals have shorter small intestine as they are not able to digest cellulose.

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