A scientist is studying the evolutionary passage of animal behavior. The scienti

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A scientist is studying the evolutionary passage of animal behavior. The scientist performs an experiment designed to determine the evolutionary history of a newly discovered terrestrial organism. In the experiment the scientist places the organism's food source 0.4 miles away from a group of the organisms. Over time, the scientist records how many organisms are found at the food source. The scientist collected the following data:

Regarding the number of organisms found at the food source over time, which of the following is most likely the reason for the data?

imprinting stimulus

pheromone communication

spatial learning and cognitive map recognition

signaling communication

Explanation / Answer

Communication between animals is alson equally important as for humans, but for mos animals communication happens between members of same species and can be via pheromones (chemicals), Tactile (touch), Visual, auditory, or many a times electric. In the given graph most probably the communication is done by phermones as the firsdt few reaching he food can release some chemicals that can call other members of the species. This kind is mostly seen in ants for food calling.

Else pheromones has been well studied in case of mating calls.

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