To learn more about the variation in digestive systems, you surf the Web and search for images of digestive systems from different animals. You find an image of a digestive system that contains a colon that is shorter than the small intestine and a relatively tiny cecum. What type of animal could this digestive system possibly be from?

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Tigers, which are carnivores, have a shorter colon and a relatively small cecum compared to herbivores because their diet of meat is easier to digest and requires less fermentation of plant material.

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