Answer the questions

1. How many animal species were there on Earth?
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2. What will happen if we don’t protect them?
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3. When did Tasmanian Wolf become extinct?
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4. When did English Wolf become extinct in lreland?
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5. Who discovered Steller’s sea cow?
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6. What did the sailors do?
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7. When did they become extinct?
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8. Where did the Dodo appear?
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9. When did people kill the last Dodo?
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10. Where did the lrish Dear live?
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Answers:

1. There were a lot of animal species on Earth.
2. They will become extinct.
3. lt became extinct over half a century ago.
4. lt became extinct in Ireland in 1770.
5. George Steller discovered it.
6. They ate their meat and used its leather.
7. They became extinct 30 years after Steller’s discovery.
8. lt appeared in Portugal.
9. They killed it in 1681.
10. lt lived in Europe and Ireland.