It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just …

David Attenborough
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It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now. ✨ Humans are plague on Earth. www.telegraph.co.uk. January 22, 2013.
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