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Some of the animals eat their feaces to digest the cellulose contents again, such animals are known as ____.

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Omnivourous
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Coprophagous
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Microphagous
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Macrophagous
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Solution

The correct option is B Coprophagous
  • A coprophagous organism is one that eats the faeces/excrement of another animal.
  • Many insect species are coprophagous and often specialize in the consumption of faeces from large herbivores. Hence, Some of the animals eat their feaces to digest the cellulose contents again, such animals are known
Coprophagous.
  • So, the correct answer is ''Coprophagous".

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