Question

The given picture shows the fruit of a plant called cocklebur. It is covered with stiff, hooked spines.

Choose the most likely method by which the seeds in the fruit are dispersed.

• A. Carried by water
• B. Blown by the wind
• C. Eaten by an animal
• D. Carried on an animal's fur

Answer 1

The correct option is D Carried on an animal's fur

$\bullet$ Seeds are dispersed by animals in many ways.
$\bullet$ In case of fleshy fruits, the fruit is eaten by animals and excretes the seeds in different places.
$\bullet$While some fruits, with specialized structures like hooks, thorns, hairy parts, get stuck to the bodies of animals and get carried to distant places.