Bayside Aquarium plans to capture a great white shark and to display it at the aquarium, in the hope that doing so will help raise public awareness that this species of shark is in danger of extinction. But few such sharks have ever survived in captivity for more than one month. In all likelihood, then, this plan would amount to a waste of the aquarium’s financial resources, which would be better directed toward other efforts to preserve the great white shark.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?
(A) Bayside Aquarium’s shark habitat would resemble the species’ natural environment far more closely than the shark habitats provided previously at other facilities.
(B) Most visitors to the aquarium are already aware that the great white shark is an endangered species.
(C) Certain other species of sharks are at greater risk of extinction than the great white shark.
(D) The expense involved in capturing a great white shark is difficult to predict.
(E) Bayside Aquarium’s popularity is due primarily to its large variety of sea life.
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