Assertion: giant clam | /r/HasProperty | endangered
Facets:
value: because of their late sexual maturity
type: CAUSE
value: especially
type: DEGREE
value: because of sedentary lifestyle
type: CAUSE
value: to this sort of depletion
type: OTHER
value: because of humans
type: CAUSE
value: highly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: This giant clam has a small population, is highly endangered, and not found in the aquarium industry.
text: The giant clam is considered to be vulnerable because of humans.
text: Giant clams are currently threatened by a variety of local pressures and several species are already listed as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
text: Giant clams are also listed as an endangered species in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora or CITES.
text: But giant clams are endangered.
text: Moreover, giant clams are especially vulnerable to this sort of depletion because of their late sexual maturity, sedentary lifestyle, and external fertilization through broadcast release of reproductive cells.