ocr: DIGESTION Crop ESOPHAGUS M . ANY chamber, BIRDS have called a a special crop, that protective Expandable lining to tube prevent with branches off the esophagus (or damage from food gullet). The crop stores food, then slowly releases it over several hours CROP SO it can be digested. Birds that feed This elastic chamber on grain, meat, or fish need a crop stretches to hold food because they often go for hours without eating, then swallow a large amount of food in a short time. STORAGE CHAMBER Insect-cating birds have a narrow esophag HS and crop. ESOPHAGUS However, the crop ofa pelican Food reen ...
