Parrots: nominalização de traço biológico (C1)
Parrots present the law with a problem no other companion animal poses so acutely. The ___ of the larger species is extraordinary: macaws and cockatoos routinely live fifty years and occasionally reach eighty, which means the bird acquired by a young adult will very probably outlive the household that acquired it. Sanctuaries are consequently full of birds surrendered on the death or infirmity of an owner, many of them displaying the self-mutilation and stereotyped movement associated with prolonged isolation. The trade continues regardless, sustained by an intelligence that makes the animal appealing and by the same intelligence that makes captivity intolerable. Some jurisdictions have responded by requiring provision for the animal in a will, treating the bird less as property than as a long-term obligation attached to an estate. Others rely on breeders to discourage impulsive buyers, which is a conflict of interest dressed as regulation. The underlying difficulty is that human planning horizons are shorter than the creature we are planning for.
Fonte: English for ALL (texto original).
Assinale a alternativa que completa corretamente a lacuna do texto.
- A) long-lived
- B) longevous
- C) longevity
- D) longly
- E) longevate