The "Confusion Effect" Occurs ____

question 58

Multiple Choice

The "confusion effect" occurs ____.  

• A) when one animal flees a threat and others in the group do the same
• B) when animals group and present a solid front to predators
• C) when there is a "selfish herd"
• D) in a hierarchal living group
• E) in the mimicking of another species to escape predation

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