Nature writer Barry Lopez spent time with the Inuit of the Arctic and concluded that hunting societies had different attitudes about the land than industrial ones because "the focus of a hunter in a hunting society was not killing animals but attending to the myriad relationships he understood bound him into the world he occupied with them." What kind of attitude do hunting societies have?
A) Judeo-Christian
B) the new ecological paradigm
C) human exceptionalism
D) anthropocentric

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The quote suggests that hunting societies have a different attitude towards the land, one that is more in line with the new ecological paradigm, which views humans as part of a larger ecosystem and emphasizes the importance of maintaining relationships with the natural world. Therefore, choice B is the best answer. Choices A, C, and D are not supported by the quote.

Nature Writer Barry Lopez Spent Time with the Inuit of the Arctic