A Graduate Student Is Studying the Feeding Behavior of a Small

question 5

Multiple Choice

A graduate student is studying the feeding behavior of a small octopus that must be laboriously collected from the shores of a remote island.Her intern wishes to do experiments to look at the octopus's mating behavior.Why might the graduate student veto this idea?

• A)The octopus has semelparous reproduction,and will eat its mate.
• B)The octopus has iteroparous reproduction,and will eat its mate.
• C)The octopus has semelparous reproduction,and will die after laying one batch of eggs.
• D)The octopus has iteroparous reproduction,and will die after laying one batch of eggs.

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