According to the adaptive theory of sleep, if an organism must consistently spend a large amount of time foraging for food, then ______.

A. it will sleep less deeply than other animals
B. it will engage in a lot of sleep
C. it will spend less time in sleep
D. the amount of time spent in sleep will depend on the animal's daily energy expenditure


Answer: C

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