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Unlike mammals (which create urea) birds turn nitrogenous wastes into uric acid.
This conserves water - as uric acid can be excreted as the thick white substance which is familiar in bird droppings. For mammals, urine consists of urea dissolved in water.
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In which form reptiles birds and insects excrete nitrogenous waste?
uric acid
Nitrogenous waste that requires the least amount of water to excrete?
Uric acid is a nitrogenous waste that requires the least amount of water to excrete because it is mostly insoluble in water. This makes it advantageous for animals in dry environments or those with limited access to water. Examples of animals that excrete uric acid include birds and reptiles.
How frogs dispose of nitrogenous waste?
Tadpoles excrete ammonia and frogs excrete urea
What does the embryo excrete nitrogenous waste into?
It excretes it into the ALLANTOIS GLAND.
When do birds urinate?
Birds do not urinate like mammals do. They excrete nitrogenous waste in the form of a semisolid waste called uric acid, which is combined with their feces and expelled together. This helps birds conserve water and maintain a lighter body weight for flight.
How are the jobs of the lungs and large intestine similar to the job of your kidneys?
All of the organs mentioned excrete waste. The lungs excrete carbon dioxide, the large intestine excretes solid waste, and the kidneys excrete nitrogenous waste.
How do Pisces fish excrete waste?
Pisces fish excrete waste through their gills and kidneys. Waste products such as ammonia are released into the water through their gills, while the kidneys help filter out and excrete other waste materials.
Excreting nitrogenous waste as uric acid enables an animal to do what?
Excrete more frequently
What is ureotelic animals?
Animals that excrete in the form of urea nitrogenous waste derived from amino-acid catabolism
Why is it that aphids don't excrete nitrogenous waste?
cos their food has very little nitrogen in it and they need it all
Why do marine fish excrete urine and why in fresh water excrete urea?
Neither marine nor freshwater fish excrete urine or urea; both marine and freshwater fish excrete nitrogenous waste products as pure ammonia.
What body part filters nitrogenous waste and sends them out of the body?
The kidneys filter nitrogenous waste products from the blood and excrete them in the form of urine. This process helps maintain the body's balance of water, salts, and other substances.
