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The Apatosaurus, like many sauropods, is believed to have had gastroliths in its stomach. Gastroliths are stones that the dinosaur ingested to aid in the mechanical breakdown of tough plant material, helping to grind up food as it passed through the digestive system. This adaptation was crucial for efficiently processing its herbivorous diet, allowing it to extract nutrients from fibrous plants.
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Do alligators eat rocks?
Yes. Alligators will eat rocks to help grind up the food in their stomach.
Does an esophagus help grind up food?
no it does not. it is a muscle that contracts in waves to pass food to the stomach.
What is stones in a stomach used to help grind food?
"Stones in the stomach" when they say this! .birds .deer, plant eaters are also included because they only have one stomach and it help crush their food. But this does not included cows they have two stomachs and they do not eat rocks but re chew they food it called chewing cud.
Does digestion help grind food into smaller pieces?
Digestion helps the food go through your system. The food then sits at the bottom of your stomach until it comes out as waste.
What were the smooth rounded rocks that helped dinosaurs digest and grind their food?
Gastroliths were the smooth, rounded rocks that dinosaurs ingested to help them digest and grind their food. These rocks were swallowed and moved around in the stomach to break down tough plant material.
What does the bicuspids do to help you eat?
They help you to grind up the food you consume
What does the stomach produce to help digest food?
The stomach produces an acid to help digest food.
Why are chemiclas in food?
chemicals are in food to help your digestive system to grind up the food that the acid is in.
Why do ostriches eat rocks?
they eat their eggs because they get hungry and dont regonize their own
What did plant eating dinosaurs eat to help grind their food?
Teeth
Why do grasshoppers have bladelike mouthparts?
To help them grind all kinds of food
The stomach produces a what to help digest food?
stomach acid
