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Question
Why aquatic animals can afford to be ammonotelic?
Solution
Ammonotelic animals require a large quantity of water for the elimination of ammonia. Because aquatic animals stay in water, they can afford to be ammonotelic and excrete their wastes in the form of ammonia.
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