Question

(1) a ragged t - shirt, two plastic bags, intense nausea, worm - empathy, and oppressive boredom—this list comprises my total haul from around a half - dozen or so fishing trips that i was conned into attending during my otherwise happy terrestrial life. (2) counterbalancing my trifling fishing misadventures are those of dorien schroder and crew, for whom fish quite literally jumped aboard; however, it is likely worth noting that at the time, schroder’s team was researching corchorodon corchorus, known colloquially as the great white shark. (3) schroder and her crew of six from the oceans research organization were chumming the waters around seal island off the coast of cape town in south africa when the researcher noticed a 10 - foot, 1100 - pound great white shark just above one of her interns on the port side of the boat. (4) thinking fast, schroder grabbed the intern moments before the half - ton shark landed in the boat. (5) the crew radioed for help and began pouring buckets of water on the thrashing animal to keep it alive. (6) fifteen minutes later, a second ship towed the damaged vessel to port and fixed a hosepipe to the shark’s mouth to keep it ventilated. (7) the shark was lifted out of the boat via a crane and placed back into the harbor where it promptly beached itself once more. (8) the animal was finally towed to deeper which of the following is the most likely reason the shark beached itself on land a second time? a the shark was dying. b the shark became used to life out of the ocean. c the shark was looking for food on the beach, such as seals. d the scientists released the bewildered shark into too shallow water.

Explanation:

To determine the answer, we analyze each option:

• Option A: There's no indication the shark was dying; the crew was trying to keep it alive, so this is unlikely.
• Option B: Sharks are marine animals and can't get used to life out of the ocean quickly, so this is illogical.
• Option C: Seals are not typically on beaches in a way that a shark would beach to hunt them, and sharks hunt in water, so this is incorrect.
• Option D: After the shark was placed back in the harbor (shallow water), it beached again. This makes sense as shallow water near the harbor could lead it to beach, likely due to the scientists releasing it into too shallow water initially.

Answer:

D. The scientists released the bewildered shark into too shallow water.