Gernerally,animals cannot digest the glycosidic linkages between the glucose molecules in cellulose.How then do cows get enough nutrients from eating grass?
A.
Microorganisms in their digestive tracts hydrolyze the cellulose to individual glucose units.
B.
The flat teeth and strong stomach of herbivores break the cellulose fibers so that the cows get enough nutrition from the cell contents.
C.
Cows and other herbivores are exceptions and make some cellulose-digesting enzymes.
D.
They have to eat a lot of it.