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The aquatic organism with prehensile tail is ____________.

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Mococo
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Chameleon
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Exocoetus
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D
Hippocampus
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Solution

The correct option is D Hippocampus
Prehensile tails are capable of wrapping around branches/other stationary objects and thereby serves as fifth limbs.
It is characteristic of new world monkeys. Mococo (lemur catta) is a monkey like animal native to Madagascar and is the land animal.
Chameleons are arboreal reptiles with the prehensile tail. Exocoetus is the genus of flying fish and lack a prehensile tail.
Hippocampus is found in shallow water and has a prehensile tail that enables it to wound around any stationary object present in water.
The correct answer is D.

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