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Re: Most fish in the Red Sea eat corals as a part of the [#permalink]
I`ll second that (D). Logically flows...
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I was looking at C and it seem the problem here "temporarily"... the argument doesn't say that such process would stop completely or temporarily... as far as I am concerned the variety will decrease and whatever happens after that I don't know (based on the premises)

D looks better... Since corals are part of the diet for fish, to preserve natural balance you need to make sure they eat corals... and if government plants corals then they try to preserve the balance

C is tricky, but D is correct

A B and E are out of scope
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Only C can be a valid conclusion.
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I think B.
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Re: Most fish in the Red Sea eat corals as a part of the [#permalink]
I second B.

Countries around the Red Sea should ensure that the corals are not destroyed as a reult of industrialisation and pollution, a step which will help preserve the fauna.

But D also somes close, but can we assume that growing corals in laboratories and then planting it in the sea might actually increase the population of corals and might lead to actually having a negative effect on the fauna.--reason I eliminated D.
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Will go with D.

Talks about value of prserving the fauna and about the corrals.

B is also close but it doesnot talk about preserving the fauna.......
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D should be it. It's the most logical conclusion what is presented in the passage -> i.e. If fish does not cosume the minimum amount of corals each day, the variety of fish decreases and this in turn upsets the balance of the red sea's fauna.

So to prevent this, governments should take steps to ensure that the fauna of red sea is preserved.
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D for me as well.

please post the OA.
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D.

Difficult choosing b/w B and D. Still not totally sure, but didn't select B as it is inserting a new assertion into the question - industrialization and pollution...
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The correct answer is B.
a. The question stem has no information about the amount of corals - whether it is increasing or decreasing. Out of scope.
b. Suggests a solution as the conclusion of the discussion.
c. Does not deal with issues presented in active way, therefore is a poor conclusion.
d. Out of scope.
e. Ridiculous and out of scope.



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