Select the correct option from the following.

  • A
    It takes millions of years of evolution to accumulate this rich diversity in nature.
  • B
    If the present rates of species losses continue,we could lose all this wealth of biodiversity in less than two centuries.
  • C
    The sixth extinction is currently in progress.
  • D
    All of the above.

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If the Bengal tiger becomes extinct,then . . . . . . .

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