Read these sentences.
Every summer, many people hike up to the mountains to camp outside. They carry their tents, sleeping bags, food, water, and other camping essentials to enjoy the outdoors for a weekend. When campers first arrive at the campsite, they usually put their tents together and set up a fire to cook meals. People need to be careful, however, to store the food away in the tents when they are not cooking or eating. Forest rangers actively warn campers not to leave food out to avoid attracting unwanted animals into their camp site, (including grizzly bears, which can be dangerous when provoked.) Campers should be careful to keep food and garbage securely stored.
Inside the parentheses are the underlined words.
Which of the following correctly uses a punctuation mark to indicate that the underlined section has been omitted?
A.
Forest rangers actively warn campers not to leave food out to avoid attracting unwanted animals in their campsite -- Campers should be careful to keep food and garbage securely stored.
B.
Forest rangers actively warn campers not to leave food out to avoid attracting unwanted animals in their campsite: Campers should be careful to keep food and garbage securely stored.
C.
Forest rangers actively warn campers not to leave food out to avoid attracting unwanted animals in their campsite ... Campers should be careful to keep food and garbage securely stored.
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Forest rangers actively warn campers not to leave food out to avoid attracting unwanted animals in their campsite; Campers should be careful to keep food and garbage securely stored.