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overpopulation
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overpopulation
overcrowding of housing or pasturage.


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The mafia-run shark-finning companies do not understand that if sharks become extinct they will not be able to eat the fish, so the fish will overpopulate and eat the coral that provides the oxygen for us to breathe.
One cytokine, called transforming growth factor (TGF) beta, often acts as the level-headed protein of the group, encouraging the troops not to overpopulate a region and cause inflammation.
I also don't believe real environmentalists overpopulate the planet with four of their own children when there are so many kids waiting for adoption.
 
 
 
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