Suppose a drought caused the local extinction of all

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Suppose a drought caused the local extinction of all insects, slugs and clams. This allowed the drought-resistant "deep stick bug" to grow in their absence, which lives 12 centimeters underground. Using your knowledge of the steps of natural selection and the beak variations used in this lab, explain how the change in the environment would affect the populations of birds.