Short Notes on the Osmoregulation in Terrestrial Animals
The terrestrial habitat lacks both water and salts in the surrounding medium (air), therefore, the terrestrial animals often face the problem of both water and salt losses. Image Source: images.slideplayer.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Water loss may be due to evaporation of water from the general body surface or through sweat or through urine.Salt loss may be due to sweat and urine. This problem can only be solved by remaining in water and salt balance that is by maintaining a balance between water and salt loss and water and salt gain.Therefore, the terrestrial animals usually drink large amount of water and develop various devices for the conservaÂtion of tissue water and feed on such food materials which are rich in salts so that the deficiency of salts may be compensated.In terrestrial animals such…