AJC's Frogroom (UK) January 4th, 2010 05:58 AM: Gone - a look at extinction over the past decade
No one can say with any certainty how many species went extinct from 2000-2009. Because no one knows if the world's species number 3 million or 30 million, it is impossible to guess how many known species - let alone unknown - may have vanished recently. Species in tropical forests and the world's oceans are notoriously under-surveyed leaving gaping holes where species can vanish taking all of their secrets - even knowledge of their existence - with them.
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