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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:01pm.

many birds eat butterflies for food. however, the monarch butterfly has a bad taste and is therefore avoided by birds. the viceroy butterfly looks very much like monarch butterfly, but it does not taste bad to the birds. tiger swallowtail butterflies do not look like either the monarch or the viceroy butterfly, and they taste good to birds.

if 100 of each of the 3 types of butterflies were released in an area populated by birds, which of the following results would be expected about the number of butterflies eaten by birds?

A. Viceroy butterflies would be eaten more than tiger swallowtail butterflies but less than monarch butterflies
B. monarch butterflies would be eaten more than viceroy butterflies or tiger butterflies
C. monarch butterflies would be eaten more than tiger swallowtail butterflies but less than viceroy butterflies
tiger swallowtail butterflies would be eaten more than viceroy butterflies or monarch butterflies
E. the number of monarch and tiger swallowtail butterflies eaten would be about equal, and would be more than the number of viceroy butterflies

science** - Ms. Sue, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:09pm
And your answer is?
science** - Anonymous, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:15pm
E?
science** - Ms. Sue, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:24pm
Why would the birds eat butterflies that taste bad -- especially when good-tasting butterflies are available?
science** - Anonymous, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:26pm
then i guess all the answers are wrong because monarch butterflies are eaten at a point
science** - Ms. Sue, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:30pm
One answer is correct.
science** - Anonymous, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:31pm
you confused me i have no idea which one it is
science** - Ms. Sue, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:33pm
Leave this for an hour or more. Then come back and carefully study the question and each of the answers.
science** - Anonymous, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:37pm
i have turn this in by 3.00 and its 2.37
science** - Anonymous, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:43pm
please can you just give me the answer this one time
science** - Ms. Sue, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:49pm
tiger swallowtail butterflies would be eaten more than viceroy butterflies or monarch butterflies
science** - Anonymous, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 2:53pm
thank you so much
science** - Ms. Sue, Friday, July 15, 2011 at 3:17pm
You're welcome.
science** - anonymous, Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 10:10pm
when the human body begins to overheat it attempts to maintain a constant temperature through several mechanisms including perspiration. another mechanism with the same effect is

1) a decrease in blood volume
2)expansion of the skin's blood vessels
3)conservation of body fluids and salts
4)a decrease in food digestion
5)a decrease in urine production

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