- "Short height is usually a recessive trait in plants " is not relevant

- Most animals avoid bad odors
- A predator is a kind of animal
- Therefore, a predator may avoid bad odors

- A predator may avoid bad odors
- Some animals produce bad odors
- Hence, predators may avoid animals that produce bad odors

- Predators may avoid animals that produce bad odors
- Causing predators to avoid you is a kind of method for avoiding predators
- Hence, producing a bad odor is a kind of method for avoiding predators

- Producing a bad odor is a kind of method for avoiding predators
- Avoiding is a kind of defense
- Hence, producing bad odors is a kind of defense against predators

- Producing bad odors is a kind of defense against predators
- A skunk produces a bad odor
- Therefore, a skunk produces a bad ordor as a defense against predators

Hence, a skunk produces a bad ordor as a defense against predators
Q: Which feature best helps an animal defend itself from predators?
Context:
- A skunk produces a bad odor 
- Avoiding is a kind of defense 
- Some animals produce bad odors 
- Causing predators to avoid you is a kind of method for avoiding predators 
- Most animals avoid bad odors 
- A predator is a kind of animal
- Short height is usually a recessive trait in plants 