ParadoxDiff: Easy

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Passage Summary: Silver ants go out in the middle of the desert heat when it's dangerous for everyone, including them, to find dead animals that died from that very heat.

Reasoning: Silver ants forage during the hottest part of the day in the Sahara to find heat-stricken corpses, even though they risk dying from the heat themselves.

Analysis: The paradox here lies in the ant's high-risk behavior: why venture out when the environment is literally lethal? To resolve this, we would typically look for a benefit that outweighs the risk, such as avoiding predators that can't handle the heat or having no competition for the food. Since this is a 'LEAST' question, look for the one answer that either doesn't explain this trade-off or makes the behavior seem even more illogical. We are essentially looking for the 'odd one out' among explanations.

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Which one of the following, if true, LEAST helps to explain the silver ant's choice of scavenging times?

Correct Answer
E
E is generic: a cooling behavior that could be used at any time doesn’t explain why midday is chosen. It doesn’t link the choice of time to a special midday benefit.
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