According to Your Book, Why Might a Ground Squirrel Sound

question 75

Multiple Choice

According to your book, why might a ground squirrel sound an alarm cry when it sees a predator?

• A) to warn other ground squirrels, thus protecting the collection of ground squirrel genes
• B) to confuse the predator and lure the predator away from its nest
• C) to frighten the predator away
• D) both b and c

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