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No. CO2 is a byproduct of metabolism, not a digestive enzyme.

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Does caqrbon dioxide used by animals to digest food?

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Where do animals and people receive carbon?

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What do fungi give off after they digest the food that they asorb?

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How do animals depend upon plants?

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Do animal use carbon?

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