Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Cattle or goats are never seen browsing on the Calotropis plant growing in abandoned fields. Reason (R): Calotropis produces highly poisonous cardiac glycosides that can disrupt the heart function of the herbivores. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the o

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Assertion (A) is a correct statement as herbivores naturally avoid grazing on Calotropis. Reason (R) is also correct and provides the biological explanation for this observation. Calotropis produces highly poisonous cardiac glycosides as a chemical defence mechanism, which can be fatal to herbivores by disrupting their heart function. Therefore, both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). Answer: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of A