A: My goodness, I really love turtles: are they about to become extinct?
B: According to the research, crocodiles and turtles are most at risk, with around 58 percent and 50 percent under threat, respectively.
A: Are there any other reptile species facing extinction?
Photo courtesy of Lu Chin-yu 照片：呂縉宇提供
B: The scary King cobra might also die out.
A: 天啊，我最愛的烏龜該不會面臨絕種危機吧？
B: 根據這份研究，鱷魚、烏龜處境最危險，各有百分之五十八、百分之五十的物種可能滅絕。
A: 還有什麼爬蟲動物可能滅絕呢？
B: 可怕的眼鏡王蛇也可能滅絕耶。
（Translated by Edward Jones, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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