Based on the animals’ behavior toward the women, it is reasonable to conclude that the animals

the creatures felt sympathy for the lady since she was frightened

Explanation:

literal meaning is the animals felt compassion for the woman because she was scared

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

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