A Dung Beetle Engaged in Mating Behavior Has Thereby Forfeited

question 127

Multiple Choice

A dung beetle engaged in mating behavior has thereby forfeited time it could have spent foraging.The lost food is an example of

• A) an energetic cost.
• B) an opportunity cost.
• C) the Concorde fallacy.
• D) a risk cost.
• E) a territory cost.

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