Explain how birds are also responsible for the dispersal of seeds.

1.	Explain how birds are also responsible for the dispersal of seeds.
Answer» 1. Some seeds are sticky and get stuck to the beaks of birds and in course of flight they fall down at distant places. 2. Often some birds carry seeds with their beaks. Some of them fall before they reach their nesting places. 3. We know some seeds have to pass through the guts of some birds before they germinate. 4. Birds like Bulbuls, Mynahs, Crows eat some fruits (Eg: Neem fruit) the outer fleshly part gets digested in the food canal and the seed coats of them become tender. 5. They are then dispersed to other places as bird droppings.

Answer»

1. Some seeds are sticky and get stuck to the beaks of birds and in course of flight they fall down at distant places.

2. Often some birds carry seeds with their beaks. Some of them fall before they reach their nesting places.

3. We know some seeds have to pass through the guts of some birds before they germinate.

4. Birds like Bulbuls, Mynahs, Crows eat some fruits (Eg: Neem fruit) the outer fleshly part gets digested in the food canal and the seed coats of them become tender.

5. They are then dispersed to other places as bird droppings.

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