Question

Recall that the cell walls of plants contain a carbohydrate called cellulose. In order to digest cellulose
animals need to host a bacteria that has the special enzyme to break this molecule down for energy. Even
with the help of the bacteria cellulose is still difficult to digest. The bacteria resides in the cecum of animals. Note that not all animals have a cecum.
Use this information to explain the differences in the lengths of the loins and zebras digestive tracts.
(20 pts plz help)

Answer 1

A zebra undoubtedly has a longer digestive tract than the lion itself.

Also just note that is Humans lack the enzyme necessary to digest cellulose, so comparing a herbivore(zebra) and a lion(carnivore) you would need to use the information and determine how they digest their food. So with a lion, his mouth lacks salivary enzymes. Due to the lack of salivary enzymes, food spends little time in the mouth of a carnivore