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Extinction: The Facts

So the mothers carry their pupson their backs, but their habitat is being lostin front of...

So the mothers carry their pups
on their backs, but their habitat is being lost
in front of our very eyes

Full Transcript

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So the mothers carry their pups on their backs,
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but their habitat is being lost in front of our very eyes.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:10
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios

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Movie Summary

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.
Over 50% has now been transformed into agricultural landscapes. - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Over 50% has now been transformed into agricultural landscap...
The greatest expansion of agriculture, - Extinction: The Facts 00:10
The greatest expansion of agriculture,
And here we can see the exports of soy from this area - Extinction: The Facts 00:09
And here we can see the exports of soy from this area
But some of it is actually imported into the UK. - Extinction: The Facts 00:04
But some of it is actually imported into the UK.
We're buying as much as half a million tonnes - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
We're buying as much as half a million tonnes
The majority of this is used to make feed for chickens - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
The majority of this is used to make feed for chickens
Some supermarkets and some manufacturers are starting to shift, - Extinction: The Facts 00:18
Some supermarkets and some manufacturers are starting to shi...
Anteaters have to be able to move freely throughout its environment. - Extinction: The Facts 00:06
Anteaters have to be able to move freely throughout its envi...
This is important for males to find mates - Extinction: The Facts 00:08
This is important for males to find mates
If there are barriers to movement, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
If there are barriers to movement,
As the Cerrado is being cleared, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
As the Cerrado is being cleared,
And the surrounding areas become lethal territory. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
And the surrounding areas become lethal territory.
The land is being crossed by highways. - Extinction: The Facts 00:05
The land is being crossed by highways.
Sometimes when a female giant anteater dies on the road, - Extinction: The Facts 00:07
Sometimes when a female giant anteater dies on the road,
But we have found roadkill decreases - Extinction: The Facts 00:11
But we have found roadkill decreases
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...