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Not easy eating green: Herbivores most at risk for extinction – New York Post
Although scientists often worry most about the loss of the world’s predators, a comprehensive new study finds that plant-eating herbivores are the animals most at risk of extinction. About one in f…
Although scientists often worry most about the loss of the worlds predators, a comprehensive new study finds that plant-eating herbivores are the animals most at risk of extinction.
About one in four species of herbivores, 25.5%, are considered threatened, endangered or vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the worlds scientific authority on extinction risk, according to a study in Wednesdays journal Science Advances.
By comparison, 17.4% of the predators and…
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