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Kangaroo rats can survive in the absence of an external source of water. How do they adapt themselves to such conditions?

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(a) Kangaroo rat is capable of meeting its entire water requirement through its internal fat oxidation in which water is a by -product.
(b) It has the ability to concentrate urine.
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