alleryThe Monarch butterfly is distasteful to birds because as a caterpillar it fed on a:
ASalty sea leaf
BBitter tree root
CPoisonous weed
DSweet ripe fruit
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Poisonous weed
1. The butterfly carries a special chemical.
2. It picked the chemical up while feeding as a larva.
3. The food was a poisonous weed.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 13, Organisms and Populations._
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