▶ Your Answer :
In
the lecture, the speaker asserts that the theories suggested in the reading are
groundless. This contradicts the reading passage’s point that there are
plausible theories to explain the reasons for why whales become stranded.
To
begin with, the lecturer insists that it is inaccurate that whales may become
stranded because of wind patterns. To be specific, the reading passage did not
account for places where there are a variety of wind patterns. For example,
whales come ashore where currents away from land. This is in direct opposition
to the reading’s claim that the wind patterns are the cause of this phenomenon.
Furthermore,
the speaker maintains that it is unreliable that whales are coming ashore due
to illness. This is because, it did not explain why healthy whales also become stranded.
Also, most stranded whales are able to swim with their own power when they are
pushed back into the water. This rebuffs
the reading passage’s insistence that illnesses are affecting live whales that
strand.
Lastly,
the lecturer claims that the geological features of certain coastlines may not
cause whales to become disoriented. To explain, only some whales are stranded
but all whales use similar system to navigate. Also, whales, which inhabit near
slop beaches, rarely become stranded. This is in contradictory to the reading’s
assertion that whales are unable to detect the coastlines near beaches and they
are much more likely to swim too close to shore and become stranded. |