Stimulus filtering is an adaptation in the star-nosed mole because

A) this property of its nervous system helps the mole population secure the energy base on which the species depends.
B) individuals vary hereditarily in the way in which the mole's cerebral cortex analyzes sensory inputs from the animal's nose.
C) individuals that ignore some categories of potential sensory inputs forage on worms more effectively than they would otherwise.
D) some star-nosed moles leave more copies of their genes to the next generation than others.