The Hydraulically Operated Mechanical Statues at St

The hydraulically operated mechanical statues at St.Germain were important to Descartes because

A) the mythological scenes they represented directed his attention toward important psychological problems.
B) they suggested the idea that animal bodies could be understood mechanistically as automata.
C) they inspired him to construct some experimental hydraulic models of his own.
D) they suggested the idea that blood constantly circulates through the body.