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Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.

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David Suzuki
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 24
Biologist
Climate Activist
Environmentalist
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Science Writer
Writer
Zoologist
Vancouver
British Columbia
David Takayoshi Suzuki
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