When Tinbergen arranged pinecones around the nest of a female digger wasp, then moved them when the wasp was gone, the wasp ____.
A) did not find the nest unless the pinecones were returned
B) dug a new nest in the center of the repositioned circle of pinecones
C) found the nest immediately demonstrating pinecone placement was irrelevant
D) abandoned the nest entirely
E) took longer to find the nest

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Tinbergen's experiment demonstrated that the wasp used the pinecones as landmarks to locate her nest. When the pinecones were moved, the wasp could not find the nest until the pinecones were returned to their original position.

When Tinbergen Arranged Pinecones Around the Nest of a Female