Question scient
2.1 Words in Context - Most precise word choice
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Scientists believe that, unlike most other species of barnacle, turtle barnacles (Chelonibia testudinari) can dissolve the cement-like secretions they use to attach blank to a sea turtle shell, enabling the barnacles to move short distances across the shell’s surface.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.
it
B.
themselves
C.
them
D.
itself