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  4. Some desert beetles can survive on metabolic water, without ever drinking liquid water which

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Q. Some desert beetles can survive on "metabolic water", without ever drinking liquid water which

KCETKCET 2016Organisms and Populations

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Metabolic water is created by oxidizing the energy-containing substances in their food during metabolic activity. Some organisms, especially xerocoles, animals living in the desert, rely exclusively on metabolic water. They absorb this metabolic water from the air along with the respiratory oxygen.