The lecturer casts doubt on the fact that a zoo play three important roles; conserving endangered animals, providing research and educational resources, which is expressed in the reading passage.
First, the reading passage claims that a zoo save money species going extinct in the wild. However, the lecturer counters this statement by pointing out that endanger animals are so small. Therefore, animals have got genetic problems by zoo, because they haven’t get a chance to meet others. Thus, inbreeding in a zoo lead to a loss genetic diversity.
Next, the reading passage maintains that many animal behavioral studies are done by observing animal in the zoo. On the other hand, the lecturer argues that in a zoo the distort their behavior importantly and rarely show behavioral habit of animals in wildlife.
Last, the lecturer opposes the reading passages argument that zoo provide the best education resources. On the contrast, video and TV rarely have the same educational effect as the experience of close to living animals. The speaker claims that the role of the zoo is believe to educate people about animals. They are just entertained but not learn from it. There are so many ways to learn about animals as reading book, searching internet or watching TV without visiting the zoo.
In conclusion the lecturer illustrates some negative aspect of the zoo and is skeptical concerning the facts outlined in the reading passage.
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