Salmon are well known for their ability, after growing to maturity in the ocean, to find their way back to the streams where they were born in order to breed. For this kind of navigation, they likely:

A. use magnetotaxis only.
B. use map information only.
C. rely on kinesis only.
D. use a variety of environmental cues.
E. use only a combination of magnetotaxis
and kinesis.


D

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