Where do animals convert their excess sugar for storage?

Question

Where do animals convert their excess sugar for storage?

Answer 1

Animals convert glucose to glycogen and reserve it in their livers.

Answer 2

Excess carbohydrates are stored as either glycogen (for quick access) or as fat (for longer term storage).

Glycogenesis (in the liver) takes individual glucose molecules and links them together in a polymer so that they can be tightly packed for storage.  When blood sugar levels drop, this is the first reservoir of carbohydrates to be used in glycogenolysis.  (Note that muscles are also able to store small amounts of glycogen.)

However, there is limited room in the liver & muscles to store glycogen, so once capacity is reached, the carbohydrates are converted to fat for storage (the body is designed not to waste perfectly good energy sources - this is why high carbohydrate diets can lead to weight gain).

The manufacture of fat (to be stored in adipose tissue) begins in the liver but is completed in the adipose tissue.  

There is a great diagram at the link below.

Answer 3

not sugar. The animals store glycogenm in liver I believe

Answer 4

The excess sugar (glucose) is converted into a polysaccharide called glycogen for long term storage. The process is called Glycogenesis, meaning the process of a new molecule of glycogen being generated.

This happens primarily in the liver but can happen in other places of the body (like muscles, brain, etc). Hopefully this helps!