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Read "Startling Starlings." Then select the correct answer.

What is the main, or central, idea of the text?


In a murmuration, starlings dip, dive, and swirl.

Murmurations allow starlings to avoid their predators.​

A murmuration is a group of starlings flying together.​

During murmurations, starlings react to the birds closest to them.

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Murmurations allow starlings to avoid their predators.

This is the central idea because the text explains how flying together in dips, dives, and swirls—and reacting to nearby birds—helps protect the flock from predators.