Nutrition in carnivores

Question 1

Carnivores

Answer 1

Meat-eating animals that are predators

Question 2

What are the benefits of living a carnivorous life?

Answer 2

Meat contains much less carbyhydrates in it, but is rich in many other nutrients
Meat is easier to digest, and the digestive system of carnivores are much shorter and effiecient
Only a small amount of faeces is realised

Question 3

How are carnivores adapted to eating meat?

Answer 3

There teeth catch their prey and dismember their prey
Canines are present as they are long/well-developed for killing their prey
Pre-molars and molars are present as they are sharp for chewing tough meat
Carnassial teeth are are type of molar that is triangular with jagged edges to shear meat off bones