Discuss the Teeth and Gut specialisation in a ruminant and a carnivore.
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Discuss the Teeth and Gut specialisation in a ruminant and a carnivore. A ruminant is an herbivore with a multichambered stomach. The example of a ruminant that will be used is cattle. The example of the carnivore that will be used is a dog. The carnivore is a meat eating organism. The dog is a carnivore, and wild members such as wolves are predators. Refer to fig. 2. This diagram shows the structure of a dog's skull. The long, pointed teeth near the front of the mouth, the canines, are particularly noticeable. The top and bottom canines thrust past each other as the jaw is closed, allowing the dog to pierce the body of its prey with considerable force, and kill it. Behind the canines, you can see that the premolars and molars have sharp edges, and are sometimes known as carnassial teeth. They slice past each other as the jaw...

