If they did not communicate then there wouldn't be a logical explanation for the experiment ..
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The main reason for the difference in the mass extinction occurring today and previously is the pace of the current extinction. The extinction is taking place globally and involves hundreds of species at the same time. In less than 50 years, we have lost numerous species. In contrast to this, previously during the mass extinction, only a few species were lost, and other managed to survive. But, not the status is opposite due to the magnitude of the extinction.
I think c is the correct answer
Dermis contains receptors but not a sub-cutaneous.
Dermis connects the epidermis and the fatty layer
