SAT OwlHoneybees share the location of food through a "waggle dance." A bee that has found food performs the dance inside the hive, and the length of time it spends waggling shows how far away the food is: the longer the waggle, the greater the distance. If one bee waggles for much longer than another bee does, it is likely that ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
the first bee is older than the second bee.
the second bee did not find any food.
both bees found food in the same place.
the first bee found food farther from the hive than the second bee did.
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Answer: D
The text says longer waggling signals greater distance. A bee that waggles longer is therefore reporting food farther away, choice D.
Choice C cannot be right, because different waggle lengths signal different distances, so the bees are not reporting the same place.
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