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Not easy eating green: Herbivores most at extinction risk

by AP Science Writer
| August 5, 2020 11:30 AM

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.

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