2007-01-02 08:32:39 · 7 answers · asked by Tina 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
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2007-01-02 08:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The only animal with an appendix is the person, maybe a monkey.
I am thinking you mean a caecum or cecum, depending on where you look. It is basically a flap in the intestine that holds bacteria to help break down plant matter. The larger the cecum, the more plant matter it digests. Strict carnivores will have a very small or nonexistant cecum.
Note: I would verify this, but I am pretty sure that ruminents (cows, etc) do not have a cecum because they found another way- through their multichambered stomachs- double check though.
2007-01-02 16:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The appendix is used to digest hard woody materials like cellulose, I'm pretty sure that many animals that are strict herbivores probably have an appendix. I would imaging an animal like a beaver or a panda would defiantly need this organ seeing as they eat mostly wood and woody materials.
2007-01-02 19:02:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of the appendix in humans was to aid in the digestion of 'tough' foodstuffs. Ergo, I would assume the animal to have a diet of some difficult to digest matter.
2007-01-02 16:40:34 · answer #4 · answered by ericscribener 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
AS far as I remember, it means that it eats green leaves etc. I think the appendix assisted in the digestion of chlorophyll related products.
2007-01-02 16:38:08 · answer #5 · answered by teef_au 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This animal would eat lots of roughage
2007-01-02 17:09:30 · answer #6 · answered by Shark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thate the person writing this question to cheat on her homework is too lazy to Google it.
2007-01-02 16:36:58 · answer #7 · answered by TurnMeOut 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋