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- Thu Aug 15, 2024 5:48 pm
#108348
Hi nonowing!
Your reasoning seems to make sense. The second paragraph suggests that cholera could be present in crabs. In addition, it specifically states, "Her tests showed that the bacteria were in the bayous" (lines 34-35). The third paragraph also offers support. We're told there that V. cholerae can "persist in a wide range of conditions and habitats far from human hosts" (lines 48-49).
Lastly, the passage is simply missing information that would require answer choice (C) to be true. There's nothing in the passage that states that the bacteria requires human hosts in order to spread along a seacoast.
Your reasoning seems to make sense. The second paragraph suggests that cholera could be present in crabs. In addition, it specifically states, "Her tests showed that the bacteria were in the bayous" (lines 34-35). The third paragraph also offers support. We're told there that V. cholerae can "persist in a wide range of conditions and habitats far from human hosts" (lines 48-49).
Lastly, the passage is simply missing information that would require answer choice (C) to be true. There's nothing in the passage that states that the bacteria requires human hosts in order to spread along a seacoast.