The length of alimentary canal is more in herbivorous animals than in carnivorous animals because

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Herbivorous diet contains more vitamin to digest.

Herbivorous diet contains more fat to digest.

Herbivorous diet contains more carbohydrates particularly cellulose, which takes more time to digest.

Herbivorous diet contains more protein to digest.

answer is C.

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Cellulose is difficult to digest. Herbivores find it delicate to digest cellulose and have to depend upon bacteria in their gut for the digestion of cellulose.
1. Biting and churning the food is also important in herbivores so that it becomes easier to destroy the cell wall.
2. Therefore, herbivores have longer alimentary canal than carnivorous as the digestion is slower and they acquire smaller nutrients compared to meat.
Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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