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How are parasitic flukes able to live when they no longer posses a well developed digestive system?
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∙ 13y ago
Parasitic flatowms typically live in the digestive system. Surrounded by pre-digested nutrients, they can easily absorb basic nutrients that they need to maintain homeostasis. In other words, they are borrowing the host's digestive system.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoParasites depend upon the host organism to digest their food for them.
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They depend on the host organism to digest their food from them.
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