According to Pi, a zookeeper will know he or she has created a healthy environment for the animals WHEN THE ANIMALS REPRODUCE.
For animals to reproduce and give birth to young ones, many things has to be in place, such as suitable partners, right environment, right food, etc. Animals naturally reproduce when the environment is favorable unto them. Thus, reproduction of animals in the zoo shows that the right environment has been created for the animals.
Between lines 9-19 we can see that the boatswain has little tolerance for passengers and wants them to be away from their place of work. This is evident when he continues to send passengers back to their cabins and further states that that ship does not carry anyone he loves more than himself.
We can deduce that Alonso, Antonio and Gonzalo are men of great courage, since they do not repress themselves with the boatswain's attitudes, do not fear death by drowning (although they would rather die on dry land) and are very loyal to their king, since they decide continue with him in that moment of eminent death.
Reads like a martin luther king or like minded speaker going for freedom of speech and struggle for justice (against the apartheid that Rosa Parks also stood - or in her case literally sat - for). "Mississippi Burning" is a very powerful film.
The answer is, something the reader has experienced
Answer: to show that producing drinking water is just one good result of fog collection.
Explanation:
The author use the phrase "a harvest of many benefits" to show that producing drinking water is just one good result of fog collection.
The intent of the phrase was to show how important fog collection was. Apart form the fact that it produces drinking water, it can also irrigate crops and change high deserts into green landscapes.