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In which form reptiles birds and insects excrete nitrogenous waste?
uric acid
What compound do birds insects and reptiles living in dry habitats excrete How does this help them conserve water?
Birds, insects, and reptiles living in dry habitats typically excrete uric acid. Uric acid can be excreted while the water in the urine is reabsorbed.
How do Texas horned LIZARDS excrete waste?
They excrete faeces and uric acid from their cloaca.
Do insects secrete uric acid?
No. Urea is generally excreted by MOST adult amphibians.
How do birds insects and reptiles conserve water by excreteing uric acid?
Birds, insects and reptiles conserve water by excreting uric acid. This is because the solubility of uric acid in water is poor thus can conserve water easily.
Which organism produces uric acid?
Reptiles and birds
Does snake excrete or defecate?
Both. They excrete solid uric acid, and defecate undigested fur from their food.
Why are some invertebrates covered in mucus and excrete uric acid?
to reduce water loss
Excreting nitrogenous waste as uric acid enables an animal to do what?
Excrete more frequently
What is a substance excreted by the kidneys?
The kidneys excrete urea, from protein catabolism, and uric acid, from nucleic acid metabolism.
What 3 things can animals excrete?
Animals excrete a variety of substances through the excretory and respiratory systems. Three things they excrete are carbon dioxide, uric acid, and ammonia.
Birds excrete a concentrated form of nitrogeneous waste known as?
Uric acid in paste form. Energetically more expensive an excretory method, but I forget why they use the uric acid excretion.
