Due to its unusual habitat inside the digestive tracts of other animals), the tapeworm lacks
A) a head.
B) a mouth.
C) a digestive tract.
D) B and C
E) A, B, and C

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Tapeworms absorb nutrients directly from their host's intestine through their skin-like outer layer, so they do not need a mouth or a separate digestive tract. However, they do have a scolex (anterior end) with hooks and suckers for attaching to the host's intestinal wall, but this is not considered a true head.

Due to Its Unusual Habitat Inside the Digestive Tracts of Other