Obligatory viewing :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgybr7BWY-w
It turns out that bonnetheads have special enzymes in their stomach acids that allow them to breakdown the cellulose found in the plant material. They were able to digest 45 per cent of the organic matter found in the seagrass putting them on a par with juvenile green sea turtles.
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