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Numerous Species Will Utter an Alarm Call When They Detect

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Numerous species will utter an alarm call when they detect a potential predator. If you think about it, the smart and safe thing would be to run for cover when you see a predator. Uttering the alarm call will surely draw attention to you. Based on the authors' discussion about mother birds feigning a broken wing and chimps adopting orphaned chimps, why would an individual utter an alarm call?


A) It is best for the survival of the group as a whole and thus increases your own survivability.
B) Such behaviors are meant to enhance the survival of kin.
C) It provides additional evidence of true altruistic behavior.
D) There is no evolutionary advantage of such behavior.

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