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Studying the Sepia Apama Cuttlefish,Hanlon,Naud,and Their Colleagues Observed That Most

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Studying the Sepia apama cuttlefish,Hanlon,Naud,and their colleagues observed that most success in producing fertilized eggs was attributed to the males guarding mated females from subsequent mating attempts by other males.What additional behavior contributed to successful production of fertilized eggs?


A) As opportunistic hermaphrodites, smaller males were able to mate and reproduce as females.
B) All of the answer choices are correct.
C) Smaller, less aggressive males used mimicry of females to approach guarded females repeated times in attempts to mate.
D) Smaller males distracted larger males for more than 40 minutes, past the viability of their sperm, and then the smaller males mated with the females.
E) The sparse population density of Sepia apama cuttlefish results in lower but equal reproductive successes among smaller and less aggressive males.

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