During a field trip, an instructor gently touched a moth resting on a tree trunk. The moth raised its forewings to reveal brightly colored eyespots on its hind wings. The instructor asked why the moth lifted its wings. One student answere that sensory receptors had fired and triggered a neuronal reflex culminating in the contraction of certain muscles that ralsed the wings. A second student responded that the behavior frightens predators and that this allows the moth to escape. Which statement best describes these explanations? A. The first explanation is biological, whereas the second is philosophical.
B. Both explanations refer to proximate causation.
C. Both explanations refer to ultimate causation
D. The first explanation refers to proximate causation, whereas the second refers to ultimate causation
E. The first explanation refers to ultimate causation, whereas the second refers to proximate causation.