Which phrase from the paragraph best helps the reader understand the meaning of the underlined clause?

Zak and Lindsey were at the zoo with their parents. At the gorilla exhibit, Lindsey said she thought the gorillas were really cute. Zak asked her how she could say that when they were so big and hairy and ugly. Lindsey told Zak that she saw them differently than he did. She said, “They’re beautiful animals and besides, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

A.
so big and hairy and ugly

B.
saw them differently than he did

C.
at the zoo with their parents

D.
were really cute