Curtis's Contention That If the Last Blue Whale Were to Choke

Curtis's contention that if the last blue whale were to choke on the last panda bear and it still would not be the end of the world was his way of

A) stressing the improper attitude of some environmental activists and to encourage the drilling for oil in Alaska.
B) stressing the importance of some bacteria to the biosphere.
C) encouraging the study of endangered species.
D) shocking an audience into the study of conservation biology.
E) doing none of these.