A Platypus Is Considered a Mammal

A platypus is considered a mammal. It lays eggs, nurses its young without mammary glands, and is covered with fur. People are probably relatively __________ to identify a Platypus as a mammal because:

A) slow; the availability heuristic makes this decision difficult
B) quick; the iconic representation of a platypus is similar to the category exemplar
C) slow; it is not very similar to the prototype for the category "mammal"
D) quick; the unusual nature makes a strong association in memory