49. Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior
Multiple Choice
Multiple ChoicePheasants do not feed their chicks. Immediately after hatching, a pheasant chick starts pecking at seeds and insects on the ground. How might a behavioral ecologist explain the ultimate cause of this behavior?
A
Pecking is a fixed action pattern (FAP).
B
Pheasants learned to peck, and their offspring inherited this behavior.
C
Pecking is the result of imprinting during a critical period.
D
None of the listed responses is correct.
E
Pheasants that pecked survived and reproduced best.
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