The desert kangaroo rat does not produce dilute, liquid urine, but instead produces thick, highlyconcentrated urine. Explain how having loops of Henle that are proportionally longer than otherterrestrial animals allows for this. How is production of thick, concentrated urine advantageous toa desert animal?

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