Pheasants do not feed their chicks. Immediately after hatching, a pheasant chick starts

Chapter 35, Problem 3

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Pheasants do not feed their chicks. Immediately after hatching, a pheasant chick starts pecking at seeds and insects on the ground. How might a behavioral ecologist explain the ultimate cause of this behavior? a. Pecking is a fixed action pattern. b. Pheasants learned to peck, and their offspring inherited this behavior. c. Pheasants that pecked survived and reproduced best. d. Pecking is a result of imprinting during a sensitive period. e. Pecking is an example of habituation.

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