Article 62W66 Dugongs, Beloved Vegetarian 'Mermaids,' Declared Extinct Near China

Dugongs, Beloved Vegetarian 'Mermaids,' Declared Extinct Near China

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Lauren Leffer
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Pour one out for the dugong today-the bulbous yet endearing undersea mammal has hit a worrying new benchmark of species decline. Scientists have declared the animal functionally extinct" in part of the South China Sea, in a study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Hunting, the fishing industry,...

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