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How did the passenger pigeon go extinct?
Options:
A .  Due to disease
B .  Over-exploitation of passenger pigeons for meat, sport and feather
C .  Excessive predation by the Bald Eagle
D .  Severe famine resulted in the death of passenger pigeons
Answer: Option B
:
B
Passenger pigeons were found in over billions of numbers in the United States. In just fifty years, the passenger pigeons drastically reduced in number from over billions to zero.These birdswere hunted relentlessly for meat, sport and feathers to satisfy human greed.

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