Question

consider this claim: snakes make great pets because they are clean, low - maintenance animals. now consider how someone might argue against this. which sentence presents the stronger and more reasonable counterclaim to the above claim? snakes are too dangerous to keep as pets because cobras and rattlesnakes have deadly, venomous bites. snakes do not make good pets because they do not form strong emotional bonds with people the way dogs and cats do.

Explanation:

The first counter - claim about danger due to venomous snakes is more directly related to the general idea of snakes as pets and presents a more objective and serious concern compared to the emotional - bond argument.

Answer:

Snakes are too dangerous to keep as pets because cobras and rattlesnakes have deadly, venomous bites.