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Fact check: are 75% of Australia’s living species unknown?

January 1, 2016April 1, 2016 Bush Blitz

On National Threatened Species Day 2014, ABC Fact Check investigated whether Australia really does only know about a quarter of its plants and animals.

The verdict? The claim checks out.

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