When he reaches the coast, there is only the skeleton of the fish left because a pack of sharks follow the trail to Santiagos boat ________

When he reaches the coast, there is only the skeleton of the fish left because a pack of sharks follow the trail to Santiago's boat ________.

• A. so that the marlin is bitten largely by each of them
• B. it is taken an enormous bite by each shark
• C. and each shark takes an enormous bite out of the marlin
• D. but each shark takes the marline an enormous bite