Read this paragraph from "The Day the Gulls Went Crazy." Most colonial birds also defend their nests by "mobbing" predators. When one bird in a colony spots a predator, it flies up and sounds an alarm. All the nearby birds then fly up and give alarm calls too. If the alarm is strong enough, it travels through the colony like a wave. Soon most of the birds in the colony are airborne. The alarmed birds scream, dive-bomb, and harass the predator to drive it away. People who walk near colonies of nesting birds often get mobbed in the same way that a fox, a coyote, or an eagle might. The gulls' reaction to Larry was nothing more than an intense display of their natural behavior toward a feared predator.

Question 1

Part A

Which inference can be drawn from the paragraph from "The Day the Gulls Went Crazy"?

Colonial birds have a weak response toward predators.

Larry was the first person to be attacked by gulls.

Nesting colonial birds may consider people a threat.

Birds lack the ability to communicate with each other.

Question 2

Part B

Which textual evidence best supports the answer to Part A?

"People who walk near colonies of nesting birds often get mobbed in the same way that a fox, a coyote, or an eagle might."

"When one bird in a colony spots a predator, it flies up and sounds an alarm."

"The alarmed birds scream, dive-bomb, and harass the predator to drive it away."

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