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By Brian Finch We do not have the abundance of species or individuals every year, far from it. There are several factors that lead...
Polishing off rhinos – why Chinese revere the horn
By Felix Patton China was home to the gigantic one-horned rhinoceros Elasmotherium which survived in prehistoric times becoming extinct only about 10,000 years ago....
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