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How do herbivores digest cellulose?

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Human cannot digest cellulose but herbivores can digest them with the help of bacteria present in the gut which produces enzymes cellulase. This is an example of mutualism.
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  • Assertion (A): Human can't digest cellulose but herbivores can digest them. Reason (R) : Herbivores can digest cellulose with the help of bacteria present in the gut which produces enzyme cellulase.

    A
    (A) and (R) are wrong
    B
    (A) is correct and (R) explains (A)
    C
    (A) is wrong (R) is correct
    D
    (A) is correct (R) is wrong

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    A
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    B
    Snowy owl
    C
    Arctic fox
    D
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