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The beautiful creatures that went extinct in 2018

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The beautiful creatures that went extinct in 2018
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Today's extinctions are happening 100 to 1,000 times faster than the expected, natural rate of die-offs. According to BirdLife International, these animals went extinct in 2018.

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