
Humans Are Predators of at Least One Third of All Vertebrate Species
Humans prey on more vertebrate species for use as pets and in medicine and other products than we do for food
Lesley Evans Ogden is a freelance science journalist based in Vancouver, Canada. She can be found on the Web at www.lesleyevansogden.com. Follow her on Twitter @ljevanso.
Humans Are Predators of at Least One Third of All Vertebrate Species
Humans prey on more vertebrate species for use as pets and in medicine and other products than we do for food
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