Read the sentence. Harbor seal mothers leave their pups after the first month to fend for themselves. The pups learn to hunt on their own. Which type of support does this passage represent? It is evidence that is based on opinion after observation of the seal pups. It is evidence based on what lifeguards have told the author about the animals. It is evidence because the speaker is an expert on marine mammal behavior. O It is an inference based on what fishermen have said.