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1. Overpowering prey is a challenge for creatures that do not have limbs. Some species like Russell vipers inject poison. Some others opt for an alternate non-chemical method at snakes instance, catch and push their prey against the ground vehule pythons use their musce port crush their prey to death. But snakes can t be neatly draided into poisonous and non-possono
Even species listed as non-poisonous arent completely free of pronson The common Sand be for instance, produces secretions particularly poisonous to buds So, the species doesn t take
Do vipers need poison powerful enough to kill hundreds of rats with just one drop? After all the
vil) Sumitranandan pant was born in Kausani.
(vii) Gandhiji named Kausani as
Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:
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chance - It crushes its prey and injects palson as an extra step
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eat only one or two at a time.
While hunting animals try their worst to kill most efficiently, their prey use many tricks to me
becoming a meal such as developing immunity to pertson. For instance, Californiana
Competition with prey is not the only thing driving snakes to evalve more and more deres
poison. Snakes also struggle to avoid becoming prey themselves
Some snake killers have partial immunity to poison Famously, mongooses are highly
to cobra poison, and with their speed and agility, kull snakes fearlessly. It would be the death a
cobras as a species if they didn't evolve a more deadly poison to stop mongooses.
7. Poison has another important role is an extreme meat softener, specific enzymes break up
insides of the prey. Normally, a reptile depends on the sun's warm may to aid digestion
But I wonder if we cannot use venom in our favour In remote parts of India local hospitality
involves leather-tough meat I Chew and chew until my jaws adhe. If I spit it out or refuse
hosts would be offended, I swallow like python stuffing a deer down its throat and hoped
choke If only I had poison
(A) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage answer the following questions in 30-
words each :
(a) How do Russell vipers and rat snakes have different methods to attack prev?
(b) How does Sand Boa kill its prev?
(c) Why is there a constant tussle between the hunting animals and its prey?
(d) What difficulty does the writer face when he is entertained in the remote parts of India?
(B) On the basis of your reading of the passage given above, answer the following questions.
It
(a) The synonym of the 'another in para is
) opt
(ii) alternative
(it) creature
(iv) apart
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