The walking fern is so named because:

Its spores are able to walk

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It is dispersed through the agency of walking animals

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It propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips

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It knows how to walk by itself

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The correct option is C It propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips
Adiantum caudatum is known as the walking fern as it reproduces by adventitious buds on leaf tips. The name "walking fern" derives from the fact that new plantlets grow wherever the arching leaves of the parent touch the ground, creating a walking effect.

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