You come across a small 4-legged organism (approximately 40 cm high, weight approximately 6 kg) with...

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You come across a small 4-legged organism (approximately 40 cm high, weight approximately 6 kg) with a feather-like outer covering. It inhabits the scrubby grass strips between the sea and the desert. As you observe the animal, you notice that after grazing on the grass, it walks to the sea and drinks the water. What adaptations might this organism have to be able to drink seawater? Explain You find a fossilized skeleton of a medium sized organism. The organism has long slender limbs, appears to have an arm length of about a foot, and has slender fused bones in the arms and legs.

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1. You come across a small 4-legged organism (approximately 40 cm high, weight 
approximately 6 kg) with a feather-like outer covering. It inhabits the scrubby grass strips 
between the sea and the desert.  As you observe the animal, you notice that after grazing 
on the grass, it walks to the sea and drinks the water.  What adaptations might this 
organism have to be able to drink seawater?  Explain
This animal must be adapted to excrete the excess salt of the water it drinks. 
Concentration of salt in sea water is higher than fresh water. As salt contain sodium ion, 
concentration of salt must be maintained in the body of each animal.

You come across a small 4-legged organism (approximately 40 cm high, weight approximately 6 kg) with a feather-like outer covering. It inhabits the scrubby grass strips between the sea and the desert....

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