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When chimpanzees become angry at other chimpanzees, they often engage in ... ...

When chimpanzees become angry at other chimpanzees, they often engage in what primatologists call “threat gestures”: grunting, spitting, or making abrupt, upsweeping arm movements. Chimpanzees also sometimes attack other chimpanzees out of anger. However, when they do attack, they almost never take time to make threat gestures first. And, conversely, threat gestures are rarely followed by physical attacks.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the information about how often threat gestures are accompanied by physical attacks?

(A) Chimpanzees engage in threat gestures when they are angry in order to preserve or enhance social status.
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*This question is included in PT71 (Dec 2013): Logical Reasoning B

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