Do you know the phrase “dead as a dodo”? The dodo was a large bird that lived on the island of Mauritius. It became extinct in the 17th century, after the first 1) .... had arrived on the island. Humans are often, but not always, the cause of a species dying out. The mass 2) .... of dinosaurs, for example, is thought to have been caused by a 3) .... animal dead rainforests meteorite endangered settlers natural species world extinction. Today, many 4) ..... are endangered because they are being driven out of their 5) ..... habitat. The destruction of tropical 6) ... could lead to the disappearance of nearly half of the world’s plant and 7).... species.

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