A typical timber wolf has a mass of 40 kg, a typical jackrabbit a mass of 2.5 kg. Given the scaling law presented in the passage, we’d expect the specific metabolic rate of the jackrabbit to be higher by a factor ofA. 2               B. 4                C. 8                 D. 16

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A typical timber wolf has a mass of 40 kg, a typical jackrabbit a mass of 2.5 kg. Given the scaling law presented in the passage, we’d expect the specific metabolic rate of the jackrabbit to be higher by a factor of
A. 2               B. 4                C. 8                 D. 16

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