Animal Kingdom Question 522
Assertion : Coprophagy is a characteristic of some mammals. Reason : Coprophagy is not found in all mammals.
Options:
A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D) If both the assertion and reason are false
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
Coprophagy is found in certain mammals (e.g. rabbits).
This is the process by which many rodents form a special kind of faeces from the contents of the caecum and these are reingested, so that the food passes through the digestive system second time.
Rabbit is coprophagus in habit, eating its own faeces in order to get maximum amount of nutrient from its food.
Faeces produced during the night are eaten up, which are soft and moist due to incompletely digested cellulose.
Thus passing through the gut once more, the faeces are no longer subjected to digestion and absorption.
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