Unlike most marine fishes, sharks are K-strategists exhibiting slow growth, delayed maturation, long gestation periods, and production of few young.Sharks have been highly successful for 400 million years, but many are now endangered due to exploitation by human fisheries.In what way is the shark's K-strategy now a detriment, rather than a benefit, to its survival?
A) Sharks now share the role of top predator with humans, and they cannot reproduce rapidly enough to maintain their populations.
B) Sharks evolved to be top predators, but humans have taken over this role, and sharks cannot reproduce rapidly enough to maintain their populations.
C) Sharks evolved their life history strategy 400 million years ago; they can no longer evolve and therefore cannot respond to human predation.
D) K-strategy does not allow for a species to compete with other species, such as humans; thus, sharks can only succeed with an r-strategy.
E) K-strategy is ultimately a dead end in evolution because it does not allow organisms to respond quickly, and they will always die out.
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