LSAT 116 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q25

LR Question 25 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Burying beetles do whatever they can to minimize the size…

QUESTION TYPE: Resolve the Paradox

ANALYSIS: Burying beetles attack the eggs of other beetles, but not the larvae after the eggs have hatched. Try to think of something that could account for the difference.

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1. This wouldn’t explain why the beetles don’t attack the larvae of their competitors. There are now more of them to kill.
2. If they cared about this, they wouldn’t attack the eggs either.
3. CORRECT. This would explain it. They couldn’t attack larvae without risking destroying their own.
4. Like B, this doesn’t account for why they destroy the eggs of other beetles.
5. This could explain why they attack the eggs but doesn’t explain why they don’t attack the larvae.

Recap: The question begins with “Burying beetles do whatever they can to minimize the size”. It is a Paradox question. Learn how to master LSAT Paradox questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.