Question

poison or stink another great defense is to make yourself taste or smell really, really bad. poisonous animals often sport bright colors in order to warn predators to stay away! tiny poison arrow frogs look jolly, but just one has enough poison to kill ten adult humans. if something bothers the bombardier beetle, it sprays out a boiling, stinging jet of toxic chemicals. as a result, t hot will think twice before biting another one. warm cold

Explanation:

The sentence describes the bombardier beetle spraying a jet of toxic chemicals that is boiling, so the appropriate word to fill in (from the options hot, warm, cold) should be "hot" as boiling implies a high temperature, and "hot" is the most fitting to describe the temperature of the boiling jet.

Answer:

hot