A mass extinction event that was said to have occurred as recently as 40 years ago never actually happened, according to a new study. As per records, a large-scale plant extinction event occurred in Ecuador, South America, in a tropical cloud forest.

Shocking study says THIS mass extinction event never happened

Unlike animals, botanists can’t track a plant’s footprints through the forest or call them in with whistling songs. As a result, we are often not even sure what the world is losing until it’s too late. At least 40% of the world’s remaining plant species are in trouble and the rate of plant extinctions are at least 500 times higher than the background rate of extinction.

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