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How do planarians ingest food?

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Planaria ingest food through a flexible tube-like pharynx that it can stick out from the middle of it's ventral side. The mouth is located at the end of this tube. The planaria sucks food in through this tube.

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They have a Pharynx located on their ventral surface, its kinda like a straw

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planaria eat decaying meat.

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