The following sentence from the section "Snag Trees Are Home To Many Creatures" helps to prove the claim that that small
natural features are critical to ecological conservation.

Just as the members of the "Fellowship of the Ring" had to trust Frodo to save the day, Hunter said scientists must protect small natural features to support the world's biodiversity or the variety
of plants and animals.
Which sentence from the section provides further support for the claim?
(A) Like Frodo, these small features are the unlikely heroes of the system.
(B) It might appear to be just a decaying log, a symbol of death, not life.
(C) A single snag can support a hundred species.
(D) "Things like a big old snag are incredibly important to these little creatures."