NEET Biology question

Dodo, passenger pigeon and Steller's sea cow became extinct in the last 500 years due to

(A)Habitat fragmentation
(B)Over-exploitationCorrect
(C)Bird-flu virus infection
(D)Alien species invasion

Answer: (B)

Solution

Excessive exploitation of a species, whether plant or animal, reduces the size of its population such that it becomes vulnerable to extinction; Dodo, passenger pigeon and Steller's sea cow all became extinct in the last 500 years specifically due to

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