GENEVA: The Bornean orangutan is on the verge of extinction, a top conservationist body said Friday, also warning that the world’s biggest fish, the whale shark, and a hammerhead shark species were endangered.
“It is alarming to see such emblematic species slide towards extinction,“ Jane Smart, head of IUCN’s Global Species Programme, said in a statement.
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