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I think you got the meaning of the original sentence wrong. It never says that the auk was driven to extinction. It was at some point of time was forced to near extinction but not total. In the light of this, you might see that changing of 'exhibits' to exhibited doesn't help much.

Also, being docile and not running away is cause and effect and therefore elements of one factor and not two factors.
You may see that "not running away" is an adverbial modifier and has no verb. There are only two factors and not three factors as you have suggested.

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The option D, as I perceive it, has a very subtle flaw.
The flaw is *THE AUK, PROVIDING MEAT*, now this modifier kind of implies that auk somehow was bringing meat for somebody. This construction seems illogical.
daagh, can you please shed some light on this.
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The auk, because it exhibits a docile nature, it will typically not run from humans, and because it provided meat reputed by 19th century poachers to be delicious, was nearly driven to extinction, its numbers, at one point, down to a mere thousand.


A. The auk, because it exhibits a docile nature, it will typically not run from humans, and because it provided meat as reputed by 19th century poachers to be delicious

B. The auk’s docile nature, it typically will not run from humans, and its delicious meat, as reputed by 19th century poachers,

C. Because it exhibits a docile nature, it did not run away from humans, and it provided meat, reputed by 19th century poachers to be delicious, the auk

D. Exhibiting a docile nature—it will typically not run from humans—and providing meat reputed by 19th century poachers to be delicious, the auk

E. The auk not only exhibits a docile nature, not typically running from humans, but also provided delicious meat, as reputed by 19th century poachers,


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I think in option D, it should be provided rather than providing. please correct if i am wrong.
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