Anglo Resolve

Questão 33

In paragraph 4, the phrase “…they now thrash their bodies and twitch their limbs” most likely describes

a
a way that eastern fence lizards are apparently responding to rapid environmental change.
b
a defensive strategy that only an eastern fence lizard will use when attacked by a fire ant.
c
a new kind of lethal counterattack that eastern fence lizards employ against fire ants.
d
how eastern fence lizards warn other eastern fence lizards of the presence of fire ants.
e
the spasms of an eastern fence lizard fatally wounded by fire ants.

Resolução

Lê-se em: “They have had to change how they react behaviorally to [this new] predator…their limbs have even changed to be longer so they can run faster.”

“The research shows that, in areas rife [cheias] with fire ants, lizards have changed other defensive strategies. Rather than freezing to camouflage, they now thrash [mexem vigorosamente] their bodies and twitch [estremecem] their limbs before fleeing, much as a human would when attacked by a fire ant.”