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几百年前,数以百万的犀牛还在亚洲和非洲漫游。它们少有天敌,但现在有了,就是人类。 100多年来,人类的活动严重削减了犀牛的数量,盗猎像癌症一样蔓延,许多国家犀牛灭绝。目前全球只剩约1万头这种强大的动物了——在过去的20年里总数下降了80%多。科学家说,犀牛作为一种野生动物,它无拘无柬的日子可能屈指可数了。盗猎者的目的就是犀牛的角——犀牛的防御武器以及搜寻食物时翻土的工具。真是适者也无法生存,犀牛为了生存而演化出来
Hundreds of years ago, millions of rhinos roamed in Asia and Africa. They have few natural enemies, but now they are humans. For more than 100 years, human activities have severely reduced the number of rhinoceroses. Poaching has spread like cancer and rhinos have become extinct in many countries. At present, there are only about 10,000 such powerful animals in the world—the number has dropped by more than 80% in the past 20 years. Scientists say that as a wild animal, the rhinoceros may have only a handful of days for it. The purpose of the poacher is the rhino’s horn - the defensive weapon of the rhinoceros and the tools for turning the soil when searching for food. It is true that the fittest cannot survive. The rhinoceros evolved to survive.