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The bird species Hypocnemis cantator (the Guianan warbling antbird) shares some territory in French Guiana with Thamnomanes caesius (the cinereous antshrike), which emits a loud alarm call when it detects predators. Biologist Ari Martinez and colleagues recorded T. caesius alarm calls and played them in the vicinity of wild H. cantator. Finding that the birds often froze in place or scattered into vegetation upon hearing the calls, they concluded that H. cantator associates T. caesius alarm calls with danger.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Martinez and colleagues' conclusion?
In some instances, H. cantator froze in place or scattered into vegetation when Martínez and colleagues approached but before they began playing sounds.
A
Other bird species than H. cantator also showed a tendency to freeze in place or scatter into vegetation when Martinez and colleagues played T. caesius alarm calls.
B
Martinez and colleagues played alarm calls from different T. caesius individuals and observed no significant variation in the responses of H. cantator.
C
When Martinez and colleagues played control sounds of random noise in the vicinity of H. cantator, the birds displayed no reaction.
D