Creatures less useful or adaptable get short shrift: the extinction rate is running far higher than during normal geological periods.

没什么用处或者适应能力差的生物遭受冷遇：灭绝率远高于正常地质时期的时候。

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Scientists say that another mass extinction is now underway, with extinction rates an order of magnitude higher than normal, both on land and at sea.

科学家们以为另外一产大灭绝正在发生，不管对付陆地仍是海洋而言，此次大灭绝的范围都要超越以往。

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