1. P: Frogs are losing the ecological battle for survival, and biologists are at a loss to explain their demise.
Q: Biologists are unable to explain why frogs are dying.
2. P: In fact, it would be true to say that both parties consist of conservative, moderate and radical elements, and therefore the general public is often perplexed about which party to vote for.
Q: Some Australian voters are confused about who to vote for.
3. P: It has been demonstrated that rapid response leads to a greater likelihood of arrest only if responses are in the order of 1-2 minutes after a call is received by the police. When response times increase to 3-4 minutes—still quite a rapid response—the likelihood of an arrest is substantially reduced.
Q: A response delay of 1-2 minutes may have substantial influence on whether or not a suspected criminal is caught.
4. P: Almost all the 200 fisheries monitored by the FAO are fully exploited. One in three is depleted or heavily overexploited, almost all in the developed countries.
Q: Approximately one third of depleted fishing grounds are in developing countries.
5. P: While this includes complex kingdoms, as in Africa, and ancient empires, such as those of the Americas, the primary focus of attention in the twentieth century collections has been on small-scale societies.
Q: The twentieth-century collections come mainly from mainstream societies such as the US and Europe.
6. P: Even in wet areas once teeming with frogs and toads, it is becoming less and less easy to find those slimy, hopping and sometimes poisonous members of the animal kingdom.
Q: Frogs and toads are usually poisonous.