Dr.Wigand studies the use of alarm calls in a population of vervet monkeys.She presents the monkeys with different types of predators (e.g. ,leopard,snake,hawk)and records their vocalizations.What should Dr.Wigand expect to find when she analyzes the alarm calls?
A)Vervet monkeys only produce alarm calls for the most threatening of the predators.
B)Vervet monkeys use different alarm calls for different predators.
C)Vervet monkeys use the same alarm call for all different types of predators.
D)Vervet monkeys do not produce alarm calls but only calls specific to mating and aggression.

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Dr. Wigand should expect to find that vervet monkeys use different alarm calls for different predators. This is because previous research has shown that vervet monkeys have distinct alarm calls for different types of predators, which allows them to communicate specific information about the type of danger present to other monkeys in the group.

DrWigand Studies the Use of Alarm Calls in a Population