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Why Terrestrial Animals Avoid Ammonia — NEET Biology

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Terrestrial animals are generally either ureotelic or uricotelic, not ammonotelic, why ?

NCERT Biology · Class 11 · Chapter 16 · Paragraph 58
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Assertion (A): Mammals and many terrestrial amphibians are classified based on their primary nitrogenous waste. Reason (R): These animals are called ureotelic because they mainly excrete uric acid.

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