Lecture 16 - Feeding strategies

Question 1

What are the 2 groups of AUTOenzymatic fermenters?

Answer 1

mammal and avian

Question 2

The Avian stomach is divided in two different compartments:

Answer 2

proventriculus (gastric stomach) and gizzard or ventriculus

Question 3

Different feeding strategies in black and white rhynos

Answer 3

The black rhino, a browser, has a pointed upper lip designed for grasping and handling leafy vegetation when feeding. On the contrary, white rhinos, a grazer, has a wide, squared-off muzzle, with a soft upper lip and a hardened lower lip that are designed for cropping grasses when feeding.

Question 4

Carnassial teeth

Answer 4

modified molars (and premolars in the case of carnivores) which are adapted to allow for the shearing (rather than tearing) of flesh