Read the paragraph from a students report.

“ Horseshoe crabs are mighty creatures with spiky tails, combat helmet like shells and sharp pencil at the end of eight out of 10 legs. These tough critters survived for 450 million years in the ocean floor and outlasted dinosaur. Horseshoe crabs are out fished and Over collected. In addition to being food embed the blue blood contains a clotting agent crucial for vaccine development. Often horseshoe crabs are not harvested humanly, and their blood is completely drained instead of leaving some to survive.6 _______, Saving measures for a humans are putting horseshoe crabs at the risk of perishing.”
Which transitional word or phrase should be replaced at the beginning of sentence six to best clarify the relationship between ideas?

A) Although this may be true
B) Nevertheless.
C)As a result
D)in the same way

C) As a result