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which species would thrive if new york city were to be abandoned, according to alan weisman?

a. red - tailed hawks and peregrine falcons
b. red deer and mustang horses
c. american chestnuts and bonsai bushes
d. cockroaches and rats

Explanation:

In Alan Weisman's work (e.g., The World Without Us), he discusses that after human abandonment, apex predators like red-tailed hawks and peregrine falcons—adaptable to urban structures and able to exploit recovering ecosystems—would thrive in a rewilded New York City. Other options (e.g., rats/cockroaches) are linked to human-dependent environments, while deer/horses or chestnuts/bonsai do not align with his specific claims about NYC's post-abandonment species.

Answer:

A. Red-tailed hawks and peregrine falcons