When brought together in a zoo, two species are capable of mating and producing fertile offspring. Why may they still be considered two distinct species?

A) Wild populations of the two species have different geographic distributions.
B) In the wild, members of one species prey upon members of the other species.
C) Zoos are not natural environments.
D) The two species look very different.


C

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