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The three-toed sloth of South America is universally considered the slowest mammal on earth. It sleeps for at least 20 hours each day, and when it moves it rarely covers more than 5 meters in an hour. Because of its slow pace, the sloth is unable to outrun any predator that pursues it. In order to improve the sloth's chances of surviving an encounter with a predator, biologists should crossbreed the sloth with a faster animal, such as a mongoose so that the resulting sloth hybrid will be capable of greater speed.
Assuming that the crossbreeding plan described above is possible, which of the following statements offers the strongest reason NOT to adopt the plan?
A. Mongooses are notoriously foul-tempered animals, so combining the mongoose with the sloth will compromise the sloth's famously temperate disposition
B. A crossbred sloth-mongoose would have no economic significance either as a food source or as a pet.
C. The sloth's slowness is its greatest defense against predators, because it moves so slowly that most predators do not even register its existence.
D. While a crossbred sloth-mongoose would be far faster than a conventional three-toed sloth, it would not be fast enough to hunt snakes, the favored food of mongooses.
E. The greatest threat to the three-toed sloth is not predation but habitat destruction.
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Assuming that the crossbreeding plan described above is possible, which of the following statements offers the strongest reason NOT to adopt the plan?
A. Mongooses are notoriously foul-tempered animals, so combining the mongoose with the sloth will compromise the sloth's famously temperate disposition
B. A crossbred sloth-mongoose would have no economic significance either as a food source or as a pet.
C. The sloth's slowness is its greatest defense against predators, because it moves so slowly that most predators do not even register its existence.
D. While a crossbred sloth-mongoose would be far faster than a conventional three-toed sloth, it would not be fast enough to hunt snakes, the favored food of mongooses.
E. The greatest threat to the three-toed sloth is not predation but habitat destruction.
Source: Mcgraw-hill education
07 May 2019, 08:26
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premise: Sloth are too slow to outrun their predators.
Conclusion: Cross-breading will give Sloth more speed to escape (Our Concern)
A. out of scope of argument : the animal's temper is not our concern
B. out of scope of argument : economic feasibility is not our concern.
C. Weakening through Adding Contradiction to premise: Correct the misconception of the author that the slow speed is a disadvantage while it is not.
D. out of scope of argument : the animal's ability to hunt is not our concern
E. Quite tempting choice because it has some relevance with the dangers threatening the sloth.
However still Irrelevant: The concern is not to compare between different sources of threat, and claiming that natural disasters are the strongest threat doesn't mean that there is no other significant threats.
Conclusion: Cross-breading will give Sloth more speed to escape (Our Concern)
A. out of scope of argument : the animal's temper is not our concern
B. out of scope of argument : economic feasibility is not our concern.
C. Weakening through Adding Contradiction to premise: Correct the misconception of the author that the slow speed is a disadvantage while it is not.
D. out of scope of argument : the animal's ability to hunt is not our concern
E. Quite tempting choice because it has some relevance with the dangers threatening the sloth.
However still Irrelevant: The concern is not to compare between different sources of threat, and claiming that natural disasters are the strongest threat doesn't mean that there is no other significant threats.
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Before approaching just pre-think.....
In order to support NOT to adopt the plan of cross breeding with fastest mammal....it should have something positive with its slowliness, which is clearly explained by 'C'
In order to support NOT to adopt the plan of cross breeding with fastest mammal....it should have something positive with its slowliness, which is clearly explained by 'C'
