Guam has 40 times more spiders than nearby islands have. Biologists argue that this is a consequence of the accidenta...

Jasmin1 on July 25, 2021

Wrong Answers

Can someone go over how the other answers were wrong? B & C through me off a bit

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Emil-Kunkin on October 3, 2022

Hi,

B does not have much bearing on the argument. If anything, it tells us that the method of estimating the population was less than perfect, so it casts doubt on the data, and thus the entire argument.

C also does not strengthen the argument that the extra spiders is due to the snake-induced lack of birds. This reinforces the fact there are more spiders, but it does not explain why.