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no i dont think so
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∙ 15y agoThe gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ in the digestive tract found in birds, reptiles, earthworms, some fish, and other creatures. This specialized stomach constructed of thick, muscular walls is used for grinding up food. In certain insects and molluscs, the gizzard features chitinous plates or teeth.
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∙ 9y agoDinosaurs, birds, pterosaurs, earthworms, crocodiles and alligators all have gizzards. Some crustaceans, fish, and gastropods also have gizzards. A gizzard is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals.
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∙ 14y agoA gizzard is a part of a bird, not a type of bird. According to Merriam Webster, it's "the muscular enlargement of the alimentary canal of birds that has usually thick muscular walls and a tough horny lining for grinding the food and when the crop is present follows it and the proventriculus. "
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∙ 12y agoGoats can eat almost anything! So yes, they can eat grits.
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∙ 12y agoNo , gizzard is present in birds and crocodiles .
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∙ 12y agoHumans don't have a gizzard.
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∙ 11y agoNo, because the gizzard is only in birds.
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No, it's a type of bird.
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What organ system does the gizzard belong to?
A gizzard is a muscular organ inside a bird that grinds up food.
What organ of a human is similar to a chicken gizzard?
The mouth with teeth help to grind food into smaller pieces. This has a similar function to a bird's gizzard.
What is a processing gut?
they contain regions of the digestive tract specializedfor particular functions. An earthworm gut has a region for storing soil, a region for grinding soil (gizzard), and another region for absorbing nutrients.
Are Neanderthals humans?
There is some controversy on this; some scientist believe that Neanderthals were a sub-species of humans, and some believe that they were a separate species and not humans at all.
Which describes a Mendelian trait?
humans either have straight thumbs or bent thumbs
Why do earthworms have a crop and a gizzard?
A gizzard is a sack like organ at the back of the earthworms throat. The gizzard basically chews the earthworm's food since the worm doesn't have any teeth. The crop is a thinner organ closer to the head. The crop stores food.
What is the organ that grinds up food in an earthworm?
The gizzard.
What is the function of the earthworms gizzard?
The function of an earthworm's gizzard is that the gizzard grinds organic matter.
Do hawks have a gizzard?
All birds have a gizzard.
What does gizzard do in an earthworm?
The gizzard is a digestive organ that helps breakdown food in the earthworm. similar to the turkeys gizzard. The turkey also has a gizzard that serves the same purpose.
What is harder the crop or gizzard in an earthworm?
The gizzard of the worm has a harder exterior because it is more muscular.
What would you find inside the gizzard?
Why do you care it is a Gizzard :) haha
What is the difference between a birds digestive system and a humans?
A bird's digetive system is different because a bird has a gizzard unlike a human, in the gizzard are rocks and pebble to help make the food smaller ,because the bird may not be able to chew it's food up completely.
What is in a worms gizzard?
inside a worms gizzard is the guts and a piece of its heart. him<3333
Compare and contrast an earthworm gizzard to teeth in other animals?
The gizzard is like teeth in an animal because the gizzard grinds down the soil into bits.
What is the function of gizzards?
The gizzard must be tough, for the gizzard's main function is to grind and digest tough food.
What is the function of the gizzard of an earthworm?
Yes the gizzard diggests the food / crushes it
