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This morphology allows for right-to-left (R\u2013L) cardiac shunting, in which a fraction of oxygen-poor blood can be recirculated from the RV to the systemic circulation through the LAo, bypassing the pulmonary circulation. The R\u2013L shunt can be eliminated through surgical occlusion of the LAo, which permits investigation into its physiological and adaptive significance. As the LAo delivers blood to the gut, it has been suggested that desaturated blood supplied by R\u2013L shunting delivers higher levels of CO2 and H+, ultimately increasing gastric acid secretion and facilitating digestion. Consequently, we hypothesized that chronic surgical occlusion would negatively impact digestive performance of lab-raised American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). In this study, two groups of alligators (9\u2005years old; 7\u2005years post-operation) with and without the capacity for R\u2013L shunting (recipients of sham surgery or surgery to occlude LAo, respectively) were fed rodent meals of known mass and energy content to investigate digestive performance. There were no differences in apparent digestive efficiency or transit time between groups. We demonstrated that there were no underlying compensatory changes in mass or length of digestive or accessory digestive organs and no change in relative surface area or digestive enzyme activity in any intestinal region. 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