Pea fowl (peacocks and peahens) show sexual dimorphism -- males have long blue-green tail feathers with eyespots, while females have short brown tail feathers. Which statement best describes the graphed data about peacocks?  

A. The fewer eyespots that a peacock has in his tail, the more mates he attracts.
B. Actually eyespots have very little to do with mate-attracting activities.
C. The more eyespots that a peacock has in his tail, the more mates he attracts.
D. There are no peacocks with more than 165 eyespots.
E. There are no peacocks with less than 140 eyespots.


Answer: C

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