Globally, scientists have been warning for some time of an impending anthropogenic mass extinction worldwide. Previous bouts of human-caused extinctions were due mainly to directed take: humans hunting for food. What we are seeing now is probably the first large animal (the Baiji) that has ever gone extinct merely as an indirect consequence of human activity: a victim of market forces and our collective lifestyle. NYT
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this is a little bit scary on the surface, but a whole lot scary the more i think about it. it's been haunting me since i saw this article yesterday.
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