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Botany
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Biodiversity and its Conservation

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What is the main reason behind Steller's sea cow and passenger...

What is the main reason behind Steller's sea cow and passenger pigeon extinction?

Options

  1. AOver:exploitation
  2. BAlien species invasion
  3. CCo:extinction
  4. DHabitat loss and fragmentation

Correct answer

A. Over:exploitation

Step-by-step solution

: Humans have always depended on nature for food and shelter, but when ‘need’ turns to ‘greed’, it leads to over -exploitation of natural resources. Many species extinctions in the last 500 years (Steller’s sea cow, passenger pigeon) were due to overexploitation by humans. Presently many marine fish populations around the world are over harvested, endangering the continued existence of some commercially important species

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