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Why is the leech described as a hermaphrodite animal?
AIt can change sex during its life
BIt has separate male and female individuals
CIt reproduces only by fragmentation
DBoth male and female organs are in the same animal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Both male and female organs are in the same animal
1. A hermaphrodite carries both kinds of reproductive organs.
2. In the leech both male and female reproductive organs occur in the same animal.
3. So this is why it is called a hermaphrodite.
4. Having separate sexes describes the rabbit, not the leech, so that option is the trap.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 13 Structural Organisation of Animals "Reproductive System", p.198_
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