Which behavior is an example of a fixed action pattern?

A) the imprinting of baby goslings on their mother
B) habituation in the cnidarian Hydra
C) the way female digger wasps find their nests
D) the way a greylag goose retrieves an egg that has rolled out of the nest


Answer: D

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