To chew or not to chew: fecal particle s
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Julia Fritz; JΓΌrgen Hummel; Ellen Kienzle; W. JΓΌrgen Streich; Marcus Clauss
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Article
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2010
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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## Abstract A major difference between reptile and mammalian herbivores is that the former do not masticate their food. Actually, food particle size reduction by chewing is usually considered one of the adaptations facilitating the higher metabolic rates of mammals. However, quantitative comparison