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The extinction of passenger pigeon was d...

The extinction of passenger pigeon was due to

A

Increased number of predatory birds

B

Over exploitation by humans

C

Non-availability of the food

D

Bird flu virus infection

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B
Overexploitation of a particular species reduces size of its population to an extent so that it becomes vulnerable to extinction ex. dodo and passenger pigeon have become extinct in the last 500 year due to overexploitation by human.
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