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A terrestrial animal must be able to...

A terrestrial animal must be able to

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Activley pump salts out through the skin

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Excrete large amounts of salts in urine

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Excrete large amounts of water in urine

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Conserve water

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(d) Uric acid is least soluble nitrogenous waste and one gm of uric acid needs only 10 ml of water to be exprllrd advantage to land animal which have limited access to waste. So uricotelism is an adaptation to terrestrial mode of life.
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