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On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Great Whales Are Going to Lose Their Habitats
Since the 19 fifties, we have gone from one species another and drawn them down by as much as 90%. In some cases, 99 % of some species are gone because of our capacity to find, kill, extract and market. The last seal in the gulf of mexico and the caribbean sea was seen in 19 52. We area tipping points, not just for big, conspicuous species like goliath groupers and whale sharks and and whales, but small creatures that we haven't even discovered. Many are home bodies. So if you lose a particular stretch of reef, destroy it through dynamite fishing or through coastal transformation for building houses and things. They lose their te
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