A colony of an animal begins with one pair of mature

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A colony of an animal begins with one pair of mature animals, which will produce a pair of offspring (one male, one female) each month. Assume that all animals mature in 1 month and produce a pair of offspring (one male, one female) after 2 months. If no animals ever die, how many pairs of mature animals are there after 6 months? (Hint: A Fibonacci sequence models this colony.) The number of pairs of mature animals after 6 months is C