Digestion!
Digestion is the process of breaking down food and is necessary for both humans and animals because the body needs to be able to receive nutrients and glucose and cannot do so without digestion. Humans have the Human Digestive System which consists of a series of steps that churn the food that a person intakes and ultimately strain it in order to take out the nutrients and protein and dispose of the rest.
Facts About Digestion
Nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine of a human.
Extra water is absorbed in the large intestine.
Extra blood sugar is turned into glycogen in the liver.
Nutrients are transported around the body in the blood stream and transport into the bloodstream through villi in the small intestine.[1]
Glucose ends up in the liver.
Cellular respiration is when your body makes energy by breaking the bonds of ATP (energy) which then becomes into ADP. ADP is the burned version of ATP.
Extra water is absorbed in the large intestine.
Extra blood sugar is turned into glycogen in the liver.
Nutrients are transported around the body in the blood stream and transport into the bloodstream through villi in the small intestine.[1]
Glucose ends up in the liver.
Cellular respiration is when your body makes energy by breaking the bonds of ATP (energy) which then becomes into ADP. ADP is the burned version of ATP.
Garter Snakes and their Digestion and Food
Garter snakes eat all different kinds of amphibians, insects and even small mammals.[2] More specifically Garter snakes are known to eat toads, earthworms, small fish, leeches, snakes, slugs, snails, lizards, cray fish and baby birds.[3] Garter snakes, like most other snakes, swallow their animals whole.[4] Garter snakes have sharp teeth in order to immobilize their prey and quick reflexes in order to catch their prey, these snakes have saliva that is a little toxic to small animals which helps them obtain their food.[5]