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So That's Why Their Little Hearts Beat So Fast
New hummingbird species discovered, imperiled by cocaine trade |
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16 May 2007 |
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| So That's Why Their Little Hearts Beat So Fast New hummingbird species discovered, imperiled by cocaine trade It's hard out here for a gorgeted puffleg. The hummingbird species with the fabulous name was just discovered in southwestern Colombia, where farmers slash and burn 1,235 acres of cloud-forest habitat every year to grow coca, the raw ingredient in cocaine. That's bad news for a spec ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, Colombia, deforestation, endangered species, news (all these topics) |
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