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Animal Fears

How fear alone can cause animal extinction. Fear alone may contribute to the extinction of animal populations according to a recent study. When scientists exposed fruit flies to the scent of a praying mantis, a known predator, they found that the risk of extinction increased up to seven fold. The increased risk of extinction occurred because at small population sizes, as the flies spent more time being vigilant and less time eating, populations that declined could not quickly rebound. Source 5t.

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Yeah, I guess this makes sense… but the population size must already be small. So the added pressure causes extinction. But my guess is if the population size is small almost any added pressure could cause extinction.

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With people pressing more and more into some species natural habitats it is easy to understand why their numbers have gone down significantly to the point of extinction.