Oxpeckers eat parasites off of rhinoceroses, which cleans the rhinoceroses while providing a meal for the oxpeckers. The rhinoceroses also benefit because these birds sound warning calls to alert them of nearby danger. If illegal hunting of oxpeckers increases in 2012 and causes a decrease in oxpecker numbers, what will most likely happen to rhinoceros populations?
A.
Rhinoceros populations will remain constant.
B.
Rhinoceros populations will increase.
C.
Rhinoceros populations will decline.
D.
Rhinoceros populations will go extinct.