2006-11-13 04:06:25 · 5 answers · asked by Nut 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Kangaroo rats are highly adapted to the desert environment that comprises their natural habitat. This is a water conserving adaptation.
2006-11-13 04:10:53 · answer #1 · answered by Suedoenimm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming that by "omit" you mean "emit."
Kangaroo rats do urinate, as it is necessary in order to remove nitrates from the body. But they conserve water as a result of being adapted to desert climates, where water is scarce. Thus urine is excreted, but is very concentrated, containing only enough water so that it is able to drain out, thus keeping the body from dehydrating.
2006-11-13 04:20:49 · answer #2 · answered by stickboy_127 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the jerboas of African and Asian deserts and the hopping mice of outback Australia, kangaroo rats have highly developed hind legs, live in deep burrows which shelter them from the worst of the desert heat, and rarely drink water. Instead, they have a highly water-efficient metabolism (their kidneys are at least four times more efficient at retaining water and excreting salt than those of humans), and manufacture water through a metabolic process called oxidative phosphorylation. Despite sharing so many characteristics with jerboas and hopping mice, the three groups are not closely related to one another: the similarities are the result of convergent evolution.
2006-11-13 04:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by Farnsworth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kangaroo rats live in the desert. They must conserve their water, urinating their waste products would waste too much water.
2006-11-13 04:11:37 · answer #4 · answered by Michael E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Omit = delete, remove, withhold.
Emit = release, secrete, give off.
2006-11-13 04:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by The One True Chris 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋