Digestive System
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The digestive system, although the tortoise has the same digestive organs as other vertebrates, has adapted in order to deal extremely well in severe conditions with food and water conservation. The tortoise can extract and save moisture and nutrients from food in its diet that appear as dried up to humans, and would not nutritionally benefit us, or other organisms. It can achieve this by means of a "hindgut system" which is similar to having two digestive systems, the latter of which re-absorbs any moisture from waste, already produced by the last consumer. Many tortoises of the Savanna can also effectively split apart their urine in the kidneys, storing the good water in the bladder and getting rid of the waste in the form of unbreakable uric acid crystals.
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Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breaking down of food into smaller components, to a form that can be absorbed. To simply put it, digestion is necessary for breaking down food into chemical components (mainly glucose) to be absorbed into the blood stream through the small intestine and be distributed throughout the body so it can be used as energy by your cells. After your food has been broken down, nutrient absorption can occur. As food is processed along the digestive tract, most of the nutrients are absorbed through the walls of the small intestines. The nutrients are carried into the bloodstream where they can travel to all parts of the body. http://biology.about.com/b/2012/08/16/digestive-system-nutrient-absorption.htm Nutrients are transported around the body through our blood streams, because they are broken down in our intestines then sent from different parts of our bodies that need them through our blood. http://www.articlesbase.com/supplements-and-vitamins-articles/how-nutrients-are-transported-through-the-body-1154285.html The last destination for nutrients is your cells that then interact with the membrane and glucose diffuses through cells. Cellular Respiration, process in which cells produce the energy they need to survive. In cellular respiration, cells use oxygen to break down the sugar glucose and store its energy in molecules of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breaking down of food into smaller components, to a form that can be absorbed. To simply put it, digestion is necessary for breaking down food into chemical components (mainly glucose) to be absorbed into the blood stream through the small intestine and be distributed throughout the body so it can be used as energy by your cells. After your food has been broken down, nutrient absorption can occur. As food is processed along the digestive tract, most of the nutrients are absorbed through the walls of the small intestines. The nutrients are carried into the bloodstream where they can travel to all parts of the body. http://biology.about.com/b/2012/08/16/digestive-system-nutrient-absorption.htm Nutrients are transported around the body through our blood streams, because they are broken down in our intestines then sent from different parts of our bodies that need them through our blood. http://www.articlesbase.com/supplements-and-vitamins-articles/how-nutrients-are-transported-through-the-body-1154285.html The last destination for nutrients is your cells that then interact with the membrane and glucose diffuses through cells. Cellular Respiration, process in which cells produce the energy they need to survive. In cellular respiration, cells use oxygen to break down the sugar glucose and store its energy in molecules of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
The is 70% grasses and hay. Given its preference for grassland the Leopard tortoise grazes, upon mixed grasses weeds, and flowers. It also favors the fruit such as prickly pear.
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