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A barracuda stalking a school of parrot fish is an example of(A) altruistic behavior.(B) cognitive behavior.(C) competitive behavior.(D) foraging behavior. I think it’s answer (C) but I just want to make sure!

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Here we have a barracuda a predator fish and parrotfish as prey, now if we analyze each available option we can see that option A is not correct as there is no benefit for the parrotfish, option B is not correct either as predation is an instinctive behavior. Now with option C, we must be careful as in the first place predation leads to competition, however, in this case, there is no mention of other predator fish be another barracuda, or other species meanwhile option D, foraging behavior implies the consumption of food, seeking, selection and manipulation of it so in this particular case, stalking a school of fish falls under this category, therefore option D is the correct answer.