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What are the chemicals responsible for foul smell of bombardier beetle?

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Hydrogen chloride
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Hydrogen peroxide
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Hydroquinone
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Hydrogen sulfide
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Solution

The correct options are
B Hydrogen peroxide
C Hydroquinone
Animal intelligence can be seen through their activities. Some animals like tasmanian devil and bombardier beetle protect themselves from predators by spreading bad smell throughout their body.
Bombardier beetle has chemicals like hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide stored in its body. Whenever it feels threatened, these chemicals mix up with some special enzymes and release foul smell.

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