Antipredator behavior
A) has a low cost to benefit ratio.
B) is a significant drain on the energies of animals living in captivity.
C) is likely to decline if a local predator becomes extinct.
D) will be maintained at a high level even if threat of predation is removed.

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Antipredator behavior is likely to decline if a local predator becomes extinct because the selective pressure that favored the maintenance of such behaviors is reduced or removed.

Antipredator Behavior