What Probably Explains Why Coastal and Inland Garter Snakes React

question 71

Multiple Choice

What probably explains why coastal and inland garter snakes react differently to banana slug prey?

• A)Ancestors of coastal snakes that could eat the abundant banana slugs had increased fitness. No such selection occurred inland, where banana slugs were absent.
• B)Banana slugs are difficult to see, and inland snakes, which have poor vision compared with coastal snakes, are less able to see them.
• C)Garter snakes learn about prey from other garter snakes. Inland garter snakes have fewer types of prey because they are less social.
• D)Inland slugs are distasteful, so inland snakes learn to avoid them. Coastal banana slugs are not distasteful.
• E)Garter snakes are conditioned to eat what their mother eats. Coastal snake mothers happened to prefer slugs.

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