Science Illustrated

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Large animals need much more resources such as food and water than small creatures.

A large animal is more sensitive to

mass extinction. This is due to the fact that there are generally fewer individual­s in comparison with small animals. The world's heavyweigh­ts are pregnant for a longer time, have fewer babies, and spend more time on parental care. So it is worse, if a big animal loses its offspring.

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