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Et eksempel som forklarer denne reduksjonen er at en har tre bestander: 5000 løver, 500 tigre og 50 bjørner. Fire tiår senere er bestandene redusert til 4500 løver, 100 tigre og 5 bjørner. De tre populasjonene har falt med henholdsvis 10 %, 80 % og 90 %, noe som betyr en gjennomsnittlig nedgang på 60 %. Det totale antallet dyr har gått ned fra 5 550 til 4 605, noe som gir en nedgang på bare 17 %. Yong, Ed: «Wait, Have We Really Wiped Out 60 Percent of Animals?» i The Atlantic, 31. oktober 2018
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