Answer
As organism’s feeding habit and habitat depend on the environmental conditions. The availability of food drives animals from place to place. Similarly, the whale was foraging at this depth because the food was abundant here than at any other part of the ocean. Thus option (c) is the correct option.
Work Step by Step
Option (c) is given that the whales will forage wherever there is the availability of food in abundance. In this case, the food was probably available at a depth of 100–170 meters. Therefore, they were found foraging at this depth.
