Which of the following is NOT a source of water for the desert animals? A. Desert plants B. Metabolic conversion of carbohydrates in the body C. The blood of other animals D. Streams

Which of the following is NOT a source of water for the desert animals?
A. Desert plants
B. Metabolic conversion of carbohydrates in the body
C. The blood of other animals
D. Streams

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- The herbivores find it in desert plants. The carnivores slake their thirst with the flesh and blood of living prey => C

- One of the most remarkable adjustments, however, has been made by the tiny kangaroo rat, who not only lives without drinking but subsists on a diet of dry seeds containing about 5% free water. Like other animals, he has the ability to manufacture water in his body by a metabolic conversion of carbohydrates. But he is notable for the parsimony with which he conserves his small supply by every possible means, expending only minuscule amounts in his excreta and through evaporation from his respiratory tract. => A, B

Đáp án: D