Clark's Nutcrackers Hide Pine Nuts in Trees and Later Retrieve

question 76

Multiple Choice

Clark's nutcrackers hide pine nuts in trees and later retrieve them. How do these birds do this?

• A) They carefully place small marks on the trees where the nuts are hidden.
• B) They randomly move through the trees, finding the nuts accidentally.
• C) They hide most of the pine nuts in the same few trees over and over again.
• D) They remember where they put the nuts.

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