- Has Claws
- No pores on skin: perspires
through tongue
- Pointed front teeth to
tear flesh
- No flat back molar teeth
to grind food
- Salivary glands in mouth
(not needed to pre-digest grains & fruits)
- Acid saliva: no enzyme
ptyalin to pre-digest grains
- Strong hydrochloric acid
in stomach to digest tough animal muscle.
- Intestinal tract only 3
times body length so rapidly decaying meat
can pass out of body quickly
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- No Claws
- Perspires through pores
on the skin
- No sharp pointed front
teeth
- Flat back
molar teeth to grind food
- Well developed salivary
glands, needed to pre-digest grains &
fruits
- Alkaline saliva, much
ptyalin to pre-digest grains
- Stomach acid 20 times
less strong than meat-eaters
- Intestinal tract several
times body length (plant foods do not decay
as quickly so can pass more slowly through
the body)
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- No Claws
- Perspires through pores
on the skin
- No sharp pointed front
teeth
- Flat back
molar teeth to grind food
- Well developed salivary
glands, needed to pre-digest grains &
fruits
- Alkaline saliva, much
ptyalin to pre-digest grains
- Stomach acid 20 times
less strong than meat-eaters
- Intestinal tract several
times body length (plant foods do not decay
as quickly so can pass more slowly through
the body)
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