Q27: Mayor: Migrating shorebirds stop at our beach just to feed on horseshoe-crab eggs, a phenomenon that attracts tourists. To bring more tourists, the town council plans to undertake a beach reclamation project to double the area available to crabs for nesting. Birdwatcher: Without a high density of crabs on a beach, migrating shorebirds will go hungry because shorebirds only eat eggs that a crab happens to uncover when it is digging its own nest. Which of the following, if true, would provide the mayor with the strongest counter to the birdwatcher’s objection? - Every year a certain percentage of crabs are caught by
fishermen as bait for eel traps. - Horseshoe crabs are so prolific that given favorable circumstances
their numbers increase rapidly. - On average, tourists who come to the town in order to watch
birds spend more money there than tourists who come for other purposes. - The additional land made available by the reclamation project
will give migrating shorebirds more space. - Some of the migrating shorebirds make only one stop during
their migration form South America to Canada.
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