▶ Your Answer :
The
reading passage contends that relocating reptiles to safer environments and
rescuing them from planned construction are not a viable conservation method. On the other hand, the lecturer
brings up several points that contradict this argument.
First of all, the lecturer points out that
relocating reptiles to a new site cannot bring out overpopulation. This is
attributed to the fact that unused areas which convert reptiles'
habitat and expanding the existing sites can not
cause overpopulation of reptiles. Therefore, it cannot lead to lack of reptiles' food. This refutes the author's point that the reptiles' experiencing
overcrowding and starvation can be caused by the conservation strategy.
Moreover, in the lecture, the point is made
that the fact that moving reptiles can contribute to the proliferation of
disease is not convincing enough to explain why the conservation method is
problematic. This is because experts have visited and examined reptiles to
protect from dispersing the disease periodically.
In addition, the experts remove the infected reptiles. This casts doubt on the idea of the reading passage that reptiles' relocation can evoke the spread of
disease.
The
final point made by lecturer is that while experts capture reptiles they may
not be injured and killed. This is obvious that there are small amounts of
water in buried buckets which is the common tool of capture and hiding there
can prevent captured reptiles from dangerous predators. This is different from the passage's view that remaining reptiles in the
buckets is easy prey for small mammals and birds. |