Please refer to the table for question 107-110 in the 1999 test Which of the following can be correctly concluded about the relationship between intestinal length and body size for the organisms in the table?
A. Carnivores have greater intestinal length relative to body size than do herbivores
B. Herbivores have greater intestinal length relative to body size than do carnivores
C. Omnivores have greater intestinal length relative to body size, the more nutrients are absorbed.
D. THe smaller the intestinal length relative to body size, the more nutrients are absorbed
E. No relationship exists between intestinal length and mode of nutrition
Ans: B. Herbivores have greater intestinal length relative to body size than do carnivores
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