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The star-nosed mole has a nose that ends in a pair of several-pointed stars, or tentacles that are crucial for hunting, as moles are poor-sighted.
These tentacles contain receptors that detect electric fields produced by other animals, enabling the moles to detect and catch suitable prey such as worms and insects.
Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?
Both worms and insects produce
Why this is right
Since the star-nosed mole finds its prey—such as worms and insects—by detecting electric fields, that worms and insects produced electric fields is strongly supported.
Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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The star-nosed mole does not
While it is supported that the star-nose mole does not rely on eyesight to find prey, it may still rely on its poor eyesight for survival in other ways.
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The star-nosed mole does not
The star-nose mole does rely on detecting electric fields when hunting, but that doesn’t mean that the star-nose mole doesn’t rely on its sense of smell when hunting.
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Only animals that hunt have
The star-nose mole has a nose with tentacles that detect electric fields and it hunts, but whether all animals with such noses hunt is unsupported.
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The star-nosed mole does not
The statements provide support against this point. The statements seem to suggest that animals generally produce electric fields.
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