Welcome to Animal Digestion!
Here you'll learn about the diverse digestive systems of various animals. Digestion is the breakdown of food into smaller particles that be absorbed and utilized by the body. Animals have evolved an internal gastrointestinal tract that allows the body to exert greater control over the internal chemical environment and capture products more efficiently. Each animal species has evolved specific digestive systems in response to their environment and physiological factors. In the proceeding pages you'll learn more about these adaptations and how they have enabled these animals to not only survive, but thrive.
You learn about these unique processes of an essential life function and be able to take a short quiz at the end in order to fully grasp the knowledge you have read about. We hope you enjoy this topic more in-depth on the next pages and thank you for visiting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles group project!