MHT CET Biology question

Which of the following example tells that the prey population has evolved various defences to survive?

(A)Monarch butterfly is not preyed upon by birds due to its bad taste resulting from poisonous secretionCorrect
(B)Tigers feeding on deer
(C)Encarsia perplexa lay haploid eggs which develop into male offsprings
(D)Plasmodium living in the salivary glands of female anopheles mosquito

Answer: (A)

Solution

The monarch butterfly's poisonous, bad-tasting body is a prey defence against predators; tigers

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