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title: "3 Extinct Day Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“An average of seventy-four species become extinct every day, which was one good reason but not the only one to hold someone’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/an-average-of-seventy-four-species-become-extinct-every-day-which-was/)

[Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/nicole-krauss-920_every-day_an-average-of-seventy-four-species-becom_1440014.jpg)

> [...An average of seventy-four species become extinct every day, which was one good reason but not the only one to hold someone's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/an-average-of-seventy-four-species-become-extinct-every-day-which-was-2/)

[Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/nicole-krauss-920_average_an-average-of-seventy-four-species-becom_1687382.png)

> [“If you were to condense Earth’s history into a single year, land-dwelling animals come onstage around December 1, and the dinosaurs don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joi-ito/if-you-were-to-condense-earth-s-history-into-a-single-year-land/)

[Joi Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joi-ito/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/joi-ito-49243_day-after-christmas_if-you-were-to-condense-earth-s-history_2089313.jpg)

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