Digestive System For Snapping Turtle ~
How Snapping Turtle Digests Food ~
{Fun Fact: Turtles do not have a lot of teeth. So, they use their two sharp jaws which turns into one big tooth.|
First, the turtle uses its jaws to rip the food in pieces.
{Fun Fact: Sometimes turtles use their feet to rip apart their food|
Secondly, the food is swallowed. It goes into the pharynx and through the esophagus.
Thirdly, the food gets softened and stored once it lands in the stomach.
Fourthly, the food gets moved to the small intestine.
{Fun Fact: The small intestine is very long, due to this the food can take up to a month until it completely passes through.|
Fifthly, the parts of food that was not digested gets moved to the large intestine, where the water is reclaimed from them.
Lastly, everything excreted through the cloaca.
First, the turtle uses its jaws to rip the food in pieces.
{Fun Fact: Sometimes turtles use their feet to rip apart their food|
Secondly, the food is swallowed. It goes into the pharynx and through the esophagus.
Thirdly, the food gets softened and stored once it lands in the stomach.
Fourthly, the food gets moved to the small intestine.
{Fun Fact: The small intestine is very long, due to this the food can take up to a month until it completely passes through.|
Fifthly, the parts of food that was not digested gets moved to the large intestine, where the water is reclaimed from them.
Lastly, everything excreted through the cloaca.