Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? Choose 1

(Choice A)

A

lines 4–6 ("Perhaps . . . Mauritius.")("Perhaps the most famous example of an island giant—and, sadly, of species extinction—is the dodo, once found on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.")

(Choice B)

B

lines 6–10 ("When . . . flight.")("When the dodo's ancestor (thought to be a migratory pigeon) settled on this island with abundant food, no competition from terrestrial mammals, and no predators, it could survive without flying, and thus was freed from the energetic and size constraints of flight.")

(Choice C)

C

lines 10–13 ("New Zealand . . . meters.")("New Zealand also had avian giants, now extinct, including the flightless moa, an ostrich-like bird, and Haast's eagle (Harpagornis moorei), which had a wingspan up to