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Which of these sentences supports the main idea that “Tarantulas are frightening, but not very dangerous to humans”?

These big, hairy spiders look frightening.
These slow-moving spiders eat meat.
Tarantulas can regrow lost legs.
Tarantula venom is weaker than a bee’s.

User Houen
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Answer:

D.) Tarantula venom is weaker than a bee’s.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is asking you to make somewhat of an inference between a tarantula being frightening, and what is being scientifically proven (that they are "not very dangerous to humans").

For letter D, this answer is correct. Venom is something that should be taken for concern and is something that can be very dangerous for a person. Some venom is very toxic to people, so it is something that can be serious. But this answer says that they do have venom, but it is weaker than a bee's. This is saying that it is still frightening that they have venom, but they are not really dangerous to people because they have weaker venom than a bee.

For letter A, this question is incorrect. Yes, this question is saying that they are frightening, but it is not saying that they are not dangerous to people. It just talks about what they look like. For letters B and C, these two are just stating facts about what tarantulas can do. Yes, a spider eating meat is frightening, but that doesn't really state that they are dangerous to people.

I hope that this helps.

User Kashif Jilani
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Answer:

Tarantula venom is weaker than a bees

Step-by-step explanation:

It makes being bit by this spider increasingly less frightening

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