Answer:
This suggests that the moustache is a releaser for aggression.
Explanation:
<em>Fixed action patterns</em> are instinctive programmed responses in different species that are triggered by a specific external sensory stimulus. These stimuli are called sign stimuli or releaser. When the sign occurs, the animal starts a sequence of acts in response to the stimulus and continuous until the series of actions is completed.
The black feathers resembling a mustache in a <em>Northern flickers</em> male are an external sensory stimulus. This trait that can provoke another male to respond aggressively, as a f<em>ixed action pattern</em>.
This trait might be considered as an <em>unconditioned stimulus</em>, which <em>provokes an unlearned or reflex reaction</em>. These aggressive responses are triggered by reflex.
The reasoning behind this could be a part of personal beliefs and or the opinion of that person viewing it as animal abuse. this point of view is based on the individual.
Conception is necessary for the continuation of species...for reproduction.
Answer:
they graze through the water slowly with mouth opened
