You are an experimental pigeon that has been reared in a loft where a distinctive odor, that of cotton candy, for example, always comes from the north, in addition to natural breezes. Another bird is reared in a similar loft, but exposed only to natural winds. If you are both exposed to the smell of cotton candy as you are displaced from your home lofts and taken to a release site 30 km away, you are likely to _____ and the other bird is likely to _____.
A) fly east; fly south, even if that is not the way home.
B) fly home, wherever that happens to be; fly north, even if that is not the way home.
C) fly north, even if that is not the way home; fly home.
D) fly south, even if that is not the way home; fly home.

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The Answer of You are an experimental pigeon that has been reared in a loft where a distinctive odor, that of cotton candy, for example, always comes from the north, in addition to natural breezes. Another bird is reared in a similar loft, but exposed only to natural winds. If you are both exposed to the smell of cotton candy as you are displaced from your home lofts and taken to a release site 30 km away, you are likely to _____ and the other bird is likely to _____.
A) fly east; fly south, even if that is not the way home.
B) fly home, wherever that happens to be; fly north, even if that is not the way home.
C) fly north, even if that is not the way home; fly home.
D) fly south, even if that is not the way home; fly home.

You Are an Experimental Pigeon That Has Been Reared in a Loft