ACT Science 2.1 Conflicting Viewpoint Passage

according to Scientist 1?

And here are the possible answers:

First we should know that we're only considering Scientist 1's opinion. And Scientist 1 looks

to be pretty critical of the USGS about a few different things. We need to identify

which of the four options is NOT something that Scientist 1 ranted about.

Now, let's take a look at the options. Which one of them is "not" mentioned by Scientist 1?

Option A says the survey overestimates the

python population. aaaaaand

Looks like Scientist 1 agrees, so it's not A.

What about B? B says the survey only took into account rainfall and temperature.

Yup, that's in there, too. It's not B. C claims the survey fails to mention the creation

of new marshland being necessary for the pythons. Yeah, Scientist 1 says that, too. In the same

sentence, actually. So that leaves us with D. Scientist 1 did

a lot of railing against the USGS, but never mentioned that the study fails to model the

current habitat of the python by not testing how well the researchers can pick areas habitable

to the snake. So D's is our answer. D, as in Don't talk

to scientist 1 until he's had his coffee.