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In a Certain Bird Species, Females Are Attracted to Males

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In a certain bird species, females are attracted to males with long, bright green tail feathers. If a scientist were to glue feathers onto a male bird's tail to make it twice the length of a naturally found tail, which of the following would likely result?


A) Female birds would in all cases be especially attracted to the male with the artificially lengthened tail.
B) Female birds would be especially attracted to the male with the artificially lengthened tail if the tail were symmetric.
C) Female birds would be less attracted to the male with the artificially lengthened tail because the tail would be perceived as unnatural.
D) Female birds would pay attention only to the degree of symmetry of the male's artificially lengthened tail, not to its length.
E) The male with the artificially-lengthened tail would survive longer than other males.

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