Question

Finding a new animal species is always exciting for scientists. However, it is even more exciting when a new species finds the scientists. That is what happened to a team of researchers camping in the Foja Mountains of Indonesia in late 2008. While eating lunch, one scientist looked down. He saw a little frog jump onto a nearby rice sack, and he caught it with his hands. The creature turned out to be a new species of long-nosed frog. The scientists named the species Pinocchio.

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The scientists were _________.

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A welcomed
B unafraid
C peaceful
D fortunate

Answer 1

From the text, it is correct to infer that the scientists were fortunate. (Option D).

Why were the scientists fortunate?

The scientists were fortunate because without looking too hard, they discovered a new specie of frog completely by chance.

The textual evidence of this is given as follows:" While eating lunch, one scientist looked down. He saw a little frog jump onto a nearby rice sack, and he caught it with his hands. The creature turned out to be a new species of long-nosed frog."

What does it mean for one to be fortunate?

A fortunate person is one who by a turn of event seems to be favored by chance given the turn of events.

In this case, the scientist were very fortunate because they found a new specie of animal when they weren't even searching. This buttressed the fact that the correct answer is Option D.

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