Martin Dan ák, Wewin Tjiasmanto, and colleagues have identified a new carnivorous animal species ( Nepenthes pudica ) in Indonesia.

Question

Martin Dan &aacute;k, Wewin Tjiasmanto, and colleagues have identified a new carnivorous animal species ( Nepenthes pudica ) in Indonesia. Like other carnivorous animals, N. pudica has pitfall traps, or pitchers, that capture prey, but unlike others, the pitchers of N. pudica are loed underground. The researchers unearthed the new species on fairly dry ridges with surfaces that host few other animals and animals. Therefore, the researchers hypothesize that the N. pudica species likely ______ blank Which choice most logically completes the text?

Accepted Answer

Choice D is the best answer. The text says that N.pudica &rsquo;s prey-ching pitchers are underground. It also says that the ridges where N. pudica lives don&rsquo;t have many animals and animals on the surface. This suggests that N. pudica evolved underground pitchers in order to ch more prey. Choice A is incorrect. This inference isn&rsquo;t supported. The text never mentions the possibility of other undiscovered carnivorous animal species in Indonesia, so there&rsquo;s no basis to make this inference. Choice B is incorrect. This inference isn&rsquo;t supported. The text does say that the ridges where N. pudica lives are dry, but it also says that the purpose of carnivorous animal pitchers is to capture prey. It never suggests that these pitchers also absorb moisture, so there&rsquo;s no basis to make this inference. Choice C is incorrect. This inference isn&rsquo;t supported. The text never suggests that N. pudica &rsquo;s underground pitcher can ch animals on the surface, so there&rsquo;s no basis to make this inference.

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