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Extinction: The Facts

But we have found roadkill decreases the population growth rate of anteaters by half

But we have found roadkill decreases the population growth rate of anteaters by half

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But we have found roadkill decreases
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the population growth rate
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of anteaters by half.
Duration
11 seconds
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13
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:22
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.
The unprecedented impact we are having on the planet - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
The unprecedented impact we are having on the planet
Scientists believe that our destructive relationship with nature - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
Scientists believe that our destructive relationship with na...
We've seen an increasing rate of pandemic emergence. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
We've seen an increasing rate of pandemic emergence.
We've had swine flu, SARS, Ebola, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
We've had swine flu, SARS, Ebola,
And what are the things going on there that could have caused it? - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And what are the things going on there that could have cause...
And we've found we're behind every single pandemic - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
And we've found we're behind every single pandemic
Animals have lots of different viruses that circulate - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Animals have lots of different viruses that circulate
And so one of the most obvious ways that we're making it more likely - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
And so one of the most obvious ways that we're making i...
The wildlife trade is at unprecedented levels. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
The wildlife trade is at unprecedented levels.
We have huge markets with tens of thousands of live animals, - Extinction: The Facts 00:12
We have huge markets with tens of thousands of live animals,
These are incredible places for viruses to spread. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
These are incredible places for viruses to spread.
And we're connected to that trade - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And we're connected to that trade
We've seen this huge increase in the use - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
We've seen this huge increase in the use
And that means hundreds of thousands of animals are bred - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
And that means hundreds of thousands of animals are bred
You have large densities of animals - Extinction: The Facts 00:15
You have large densities of animals
..is that we are encroaching further and further every day - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
..is that we are encroaching further and further every day
31% of all emerging diseases have originated - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
31% of all emerging diseases have originated
Forests around the world, where there's a lot of biodiversity, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
Forests around the world, where there's a lot of biodiv...
The minute we build a road in there, - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
The minute we build a road in there,
The first people into those logging camps go out and hunt bushmeat - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
The first people into those logging camps go out and hunt bu...