Explain the process of digestion in grass eating animals.

1.	Explain the process of digestion in grass eating animals.
Answer» 1. Grass eating animals have four chambers in stomach. 2. They are rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum. 3. They quickly swallow the grass and store it in a part of the stomach called rumen. 4. In rumen, food gets partially digested and is called cud. 5. But later the cud returns to the mouth in small lumps and animal chews it again. 6. This process is called rumination and these animals are called ruminants. 7. The grass is rich in cellulose, a type of carbohydrate. 8. In ruminants, the cellulose of the food is digested by the action of certain bacteria present in the rumen of grass eating animals.

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1. Grass eating animals have four chambers in stomach.

2. They are rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum.

3. They quickly swallow the grass and store it in a part of the stomach called rumen.

4. In rumen, food gets partially digested and is called cud.

5. But later the cud returns to the mouth in small lumps and animal chews it again.

6. This process is called rumination and these animals are called ruminants.

7. The grass is rich in cellulose, a type of carbohydrate.

8. In ruminants, the cellulose of the food is digested by the action of certain bacteria present in the rumen of grass eating animals.

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