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प्रश्न
Explain how animals dwelling in the forest help it grow and regenerate.
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उत्तर
Forest animals include various types, such as herbivores, carnivores, and microorganisms. They play an important role in maintaining food chains.
- Microorganisms convert dead plants and animals to humus. This humus helps return nutrients to the soil, which are absorbed by plants.
- The animals also help in dispersing the seeds of certain plants.
- The decaying animal dung provides nutrients for various types of seedlings to grow.
- All these activities of animals dwelling in the forest help it to grow and regenerate.
- Animals help grow and regenerate forests in many ways. They work as cleaning agents in the forest.
- Microorganisms work on dead bodies of plants and animals and degenerate them.
- Animals also help in pollination, which helps grow a number of plants.
- Herbivores help carnivores grow by providing food for them. Thus, flora and fauna mutually grow in the forest.
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