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Marine biologist: Scientists have long wondered why the fish that live around coral reefs exhibit such brilliant colors. ███ ██████████ ██ ████ █████ █████ ███ ████████ ████ ██████████ ████ ████████ ████ ███ ███████████ ██ █████ ████ ██████ ████████ █████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██ █████ ██████████ ████████ ██ ███████ ███ ███████████ ██████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ██ █████████ █ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ █████ ██████████████ ████ ███████ ██ █████ ████ ███ ██████████ ████ ██████ ███ ███████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The marine biologist claims the suggestion that the fish who live around coral reefs are colorful because the coral reefs are colorful, and it allows them to camouflage, is mistaken. It is the fish, not the coral, that are colorful. The coral itself is monochromatic and made up of dull browns and greens.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the marine biologist’s refutation of the hypothesis about colorful reefs and camouflage: “this suggestion is mistaken.”
Analysis by AlbertGauthier
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a
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b
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c
The suggestion that ███ ████ ██████ ██████ █████ █████ ███████ ██████ ██████ ███████ ████ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████████
d
A reef stripped ██ ███ ████ ██ ██████████ ██████████████
e
It turns out ████ ███ ██████ ██ █ █████ ████ ███ ██████ ████ ████ ██ █████ ███ ██████