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When an Osprey ( a fishing-eating hawk ) returns from
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13 Dec 2020, 09:27
13 Dec 2020, 09:27
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When an Osprey ( a fishing-eating hawk ) returns from fishing to its nesting area with a fish like an alewife, a pollack, or a smelt, other Osprey's will retrace its flight path in hopes of good fishing. There is seldom such a response if the first bird brings back a winter flounder. Yet ospreys feed on winter flounder just as readily as on any other fish.
Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the fishing behavior of ospreys as it is described above ?
1.Ospreys are seldom able to catch alewives, pollack or smelt.
2.Alewives, pollack, and smelt move in schools, but winter flounder do not.
3.Winter flounder prefer shallower waters than do alewives, pollack or smelt.
4.Winter flounder and pollack exhibit protective coloration, but alewives and smelt do not.
5.Ospreys that live in nesting areas are especially successful fishers.
Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the fishing behavior of ospreys as it is described above ?
1.Ospreys are seldom able to catch alewives, pollack or smelt.
2.Alewives, pollack, and smelt move in schools, but winter flounder do not.
3.Winter flounder prefer shallower waters than do alewives, pollack or smelt.
4.Winter flounder and pollack exhibit protective coloration, but alewives and smelt do not.
5.Ospreys that live in nesting areas are especially successful fishers.
Re: When an Osprey ( a fishing-eating hawk ) returns from
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13 Dec 2020, 10:00
13 Dec 2020, 10:00
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Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the fishing behavior of ospreys as it is described above ?
1.Ospreys are seldom able to catch alewives, pollack or smelt.
The ability is not our concern
2.Alewives, pollack, and smelt move in schools, but winter flounder do not.
Correct
3.Winter flounder prefer shallower waters than do alewives, pollack or smelt.
The preference of water is out of scope
4.Winter flounder and pollack exhibit protective coloration, but alewives and smelt do not.
Coloration is out of scope
5.Ospreys that live in nesting areas are especially successful fishers.
The nesting and where is located do not tell us anything
Using the POE for the solution but not a huge fun of this question
1.Ospreys are seldom able to catch alewives, pollack or smelt.
The ability is not our concern
2.Alewives, pollack, and smelt move in schools, but winter flounder do not.
Correct
3.Winter flounder prefer shallower waters than do alewives, pollack or smelt.
The preference of water is out of scope
4.Winter flounder and pollack exhibit protective coloration, but alewives and smelt do not.
Coloration is out of scope
5.Ospreys that live in nesting areas are especially successful fishers.
The nesting and where is located do not tell us anything
Using the POE for the solution but not a huge fun of this question
Re: When an Osprey ( a fishing-eating hawk ) returns from
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14 Dec 2020, 07:05
14 Dec 2020, 07:05
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We can think it in a subtle way that
osprey hunts alewives, pollack or smelt, then others follow
Osprey hunts flounder, then others don't
so, their assumption is related to a feature of alewives, pollack or smelt and flaunder. '
Therefore, B is a more preferable answer.
osprey hunts alewives, pollack or smelt, then others follow
Osprey hunts flounder, then others don't
so, their assumption is related to a feature of alewives, pollack or smelt and flaunder. '
Therefore, B is a more preferable answer.
