T1W9 TS Q35 – Selective High School

Polar bears in captivity frequently engage in stressful patterns of behaviour, pacing back and forth on the same spot, swinging their heads from side to side, and other signs of stress. They do this even when their living areas are quite spacious. What this shows is that conditions in captivity are not a satisfactory substitute for the natural environment of polar bears.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the above argument?

Many polar bears in the wild engage in stressful patterns of behaviour. Polar bears in captivity are much better fed than those living in the wild. Polar bears in the wild cover many miles a day when they are hunting for food. Polar bears raised in captivity are incapable of surviving in the wild.

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Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the above argument?