One serious threat to wildlife these days comes from hungry humans. People not only eat plants and farmraised animals, they also chow down on assorted wildlife, including monkeys, bats and certain rare birds.
For example, in Myanmar and Bangladesh, people kill thousands of shorebirds from August to April each year. They use nets to capture the birds and then either eat them or take them to market.
A tiny spoon-billed sandpiper reportedly sells for the equivalent of 25 cents.
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