Question 71

(Multiple Choice)

On the Pacific island of Guam,large herbivorous bats called "flying foxes" commonly feed on cycad seeds,a potent source of neurotoxins.The flying foxes do not visit male cones.Consequently,what should be true?


A)The flying foxes are attracted to cycad fruit, and eat the enclosed seeds only by accident.
B)Flying foxes are highly susceptible to the effects of the neurotoxins.
C)The flying foxes assist the beetles as important pollinating agents of the cycads.
D)Flying foxes can be dispersal agents of cycad seeds if the seeds sometimes get swallowed whole (in other words, without getting chewed).

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