The correct response is:
People drained wetlands and hunted cranes.
This combination of habitat destruction and direct hunting significantly impacted the whooping crane population in North America in the early 1900s.
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What changes to whooping cranes' environment almost wiped out the species in North America in the early 1900s?(1 point)
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People nearly wiped out opossums and rabbits.
People nearly wiped out opossums and rabbits.
People drained wetlands and hunted cranes.
People drained wetlands and hunted cranes.
People dug canals and sold cranes as pets.
People dug canals and sold cranes as pets.
People drilled oil wells and let pythons loose.
People drilled oil wells and let pythons loose.
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