The Following Questions Refer to the Paragraph Below

question 11

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The following questions refer to the paragraph below.
An elementary school science teacher decided to liven up the classroom with a salt-water aquarium. Knowing that salt-water aquaria can be quite a hassle, the teacher proceeded stepwise. First, the teacher conditioned the water. Next, the teacher decided to stock the tank with various marine invertebrates, including a polychaete, a siliceous sponge, several bivalves, a shrimp, several sea anemones of different types, a colonial hydra, a few coral species, an ectoproct, a sea star, and several gastropod varieties. Lastly, some vertebrates-a parrotfish and a clownfish-were added. She arranged for daily feedings of copepods and feeder fish.
-The clownfish readily swims among the tentacles of the sea anemones; the parrotfish avoids them. One hypothesis for the clownfish's apparent immunity is that they slowly build a tolerance to the sea anemone's toxin. A second hypothesis is that a chemical in the mucus that coats the clownfish prevents the nematocysts from being triggered. Which of these findings would lend the greatest support to the second hypothesis?

• A)Upon close examination, clownfish maneuverability is so precise as to allow it to avoid contacting any tentacles.
• B)Clownfishes can eat the dead tentacles of the sea anemones.
• C)Clownfishes are immune to the toxins of not just one, but many species of sea anemone.
• D)Clownfish mucus contains a chemical very similar to one found in the trigger mechanism of sea anemone nematocysts.

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