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Dolphins actually have three chambers.
"After being swallowed, food travels down the esophagus into the stomach. The stomach of Cetaceans in perhaps the most unique aspect of their digestive system. Instead of the single or double compartment stomachs in use by many other mammals (primates and cows, respectively), Cetaceans have three separate chambers. The first chamber, the forestomach, serves as a storage area for newly ingested food and is in fact an extension of the esophagus. It also contains small stones that help to grind the prey, much like the gravel in the crops of birds. After being crushed, the food enters the fundic stomach, or middle compartment. This compartment is where real digestion begins, with the secretion of gastric enzymes. The food then enters the pyloric stomach, where digestion continues. The next stage is the intestine. The food passes from the pyloric stomach into the first segment of the small intestine, the duodenum. The very first, slightly enlarged, section of the duodenum, the duodenal ampulla, is where the food, bile from the liver, and pancreatic enzymes are combined to finish digestion and begin absorption into the bloodstream. Cetaceans, like horses, do not have a gall bladder to store bile, and it is secreted directly from the liver."

2007-07-01 10:29:39 · answer #1 · answered by kt 7 · 0 0

Well, i would think that it is true, seeing that dolphins are very intergetic and smart. i would think that one stomach would be used for storing food and things like that, while the other would be used for storing water and vitamins and energy.

2007-07-01 17:25:34 · answer #2 · answered by CutlassTheUnique 1 · 0 0

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