Why are the musk turtles going extinct?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

The musk turtles have been wiped out a lot over the past few years from being run over from cars and not having enough habitat for them. The musk turtle is still alive and active and if it ever does go extinct it will be 20 or 30 years from now.

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∙ 16y ago

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