Question

what changes to whooping cranes enviroment almost wiped out the species in north america in early 1900's?
1. people drained wetlands and hunted cranes
2. people drilled oil wells and let pythons loose.
3. people nearly wiped out opossums and rabbits
4. people dug canals and sold cranes as pets

Answer 1

The correct choice is:

1. people drained wetlands and hunted cranes.

In the early 1900s, extensive habitat loss due to the drainage of wetlands for agricultural and development purposes, combined with unregulated hunting, significantly contributed to the near extinction of whooping cranes in North America.