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Assertion : Animals adopt different strategies to survive in hostile environment.
Reason : Praying mantis is green in colour which merges with plant foliage.
BiologyOrganisms and PopulationsAIIMSAIIMS 2004
Options:
  • A If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
  • B If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
  • C If assertion is true but reason is false
  • D If both assertion and reason are false.
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The correct answer is: If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
Adaptation is the most basic and rather self-evident concept. It is the morphological or physiological modification in an organism to adjust itself in a particular environment. In some animals, it is known as mimicry as for example praying mantis or stick insect. The stick insect or praying mantis having green body colour exhibits close resemblance with twigs and foliages. It is a type of protective mimicry. They exhibit close resemblances also with the twigs in having slender body, attenuated limbs, sympathetic colouration and slow movement.

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