If Each Breeding Pair of Elephants Produces 6 Offspring During

question 16

Multiple Choice

If each breeding pair of elephants produces 6 offspring during a 90-year life span, in 750 years, a single pair of elephants will have given rise to a population of 15 million elephants. Yet elephants have not overrun the planet. WHY?

• A)Elephants have a niche that expands with the population.
• B)Elephants produce more offspring than will survive to maturity.
• C)Most elephants are kept in captivity (circus & zoo)and not allowed to reproduce.
• D)Individual elephants in a population exhibit no variation, reducing their reproductive success.

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