Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the project described in Text 1?

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Text 1
Using preserved specimens, researchers are reassembling the genome of a vanished island bird, with the goal of hatching living members of the species within a decade — undoing, for once, an extinction humans caused.

Text 2
The budget for resurrecting one bird would fund rangers, fencing, and invasive-species control across the island chain for a generation — protecting dozens of species that still exist. And what hatches, raised by surrogates with no wild flock to learn from, would be at best an approximation of what was lost.

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A. The resources it consumes would protect more species if spent on existing habitats.. Text 2's argument is comparative arithmetic: the same money guarding living species' habitats saves more biodiversity — that is how it would answer Text 1's project.

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B. The project is impossible because ancient DNA cannot be recovered. — Text 2 never questions technical feasibility, only priorities.

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C. The revived animals would be identical to the original species. — Text 2 doubts the result would even be the same species — and this choice supports, rather than challenges, Text 1.

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D. Extinction is a natural process that should never be reversed. — Text 2 wants extinction prevented, which is itself an intervention against loss.

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Answer: A. The resources it consumes would protect more species if spent on existing habitats.

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