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The reproductive strategy of the animal in the photo.
Introduction:
The reproductive strategy is to explain to the growth of the reproductive strategies of an organism. There are two types of reproductive strategy, r and k, r strategists rely on producing a greater number of offspring and less care and K selected strategist rely on more care and less offspring.
Explanation of Solution
In this photo animal is the cow and they followed k type reproductive strategy. The cow has a large body size and slow growth rate. K − Strategy species reaches near the
The cow has a low rate of reproduction means they reproduce once in a year. The cow has a long gestation period, slow maturation, and long lifespan. They give good parental care to their offspring, and more stable in the biological community.
K selection is more common in large body size animals such as humans, elephants, cows, and whales with overlapping generations.
Therefore, cow has k type reproductive strategy, which is large body size, good parental care, late maturation, and slow growth rate.
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