Which optimization occurs by pelicans utilizing thermal soaring conditions during cooperative foraging?

💡 Explanation

When pelicans leverage thermal soaring, convection currents provide lift by reducing the need for continuous flapping, which lowers metabolic expenditure because of the intermittent gliding periods. Therefore reduced energy demands result, rather than enhanced vision, predation risk mitigation, or synchronized communication, which rely on different bird behaviours.

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