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Here’s your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by wild pythons—

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and we’re not talking about what pro wrestlers and Miss Bulgaria call their arms.

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Here’s a passage and two viewpoints written by scientists.

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Who of the following would be most interested in the fact that pythons are found as

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pets throughout the United States, yet established wild populations

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are only found in Texas and Florida?

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 And here are the potential answers…

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So what’s this question asking? This one is more of an inference question than

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anything else, so let’s take a look. Read between the lines of the question.

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What does it mean if there are pets all around the United States,

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but wild populations only exist in some parts of the country?

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Who would benefit from that information?

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Well, there must be a reason that wild populations tend to migrate to Texas and Florida.

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There must be something about the habitats there that pythons, and many retirees, love.

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Scientist 2 seems to think that snakes will eventually inhabit areas as far away

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as New York, Washington, and so on. What about scientist 1?

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He directly says that currently, there are only two places in the US that have a suitable climate for these snakes:

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a region in southern Florida, and the southern part of Texas.

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Seems like he would be more interested in the fact that wild pythons flourish in Florida and Texas.

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So, that's it!

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Option A’s our answer!

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