Animals never feed on Calotropis, because it produces poisonous cardiac glycosides in the body of predator. Which is correct about this?

It is morphological defence mechanism

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It is chemical defence mechanism to protect from predator

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It is anatomical defence mechanism

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B It is chemical defence mechanism to protect from predator
The Calotropis plant produces highly poisonous cardiac glycosides. That is why animals never feed on Calotropis. This is a chemical defence mechanism to protect from predator.

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Statement 1: We never see cattle or goats grazing on the weed Calotropis.

Statement 2: Calotropis produces highly poisonous cardiacglycosides

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