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The Vampire Finch is a bird species found on the Galapagos Islands that will feed off the blood of other birds during a drought (though it is important to note that an individual can live across drought and non-drought periods). Studies of this bird have demonstrated that their digestive system is more similar to that of carnivorous or hematophagous animals than other birds. Using the information and readings presented throughout the course, (i) discuss why this bird species might have evolved to feed off blood. (ii) What evolutionary process would explain why the finches' digestive system is more similar to mammals than it is to other birds? (iii) Considering that the finches only feed on blood during droughts, develop a hypothesis explaining how this variability in diets evolved. (iv) Describe an experiment you could perform and the data that you would evaluate to test your hypothesis. (v) Finally, provide an example from class of a trait that varies in response to changing environmental conditions. Offer one mechanism which explains why the phenotype varies.

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