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16% of the animal species that appear in the animated film Finding Nemo , by Pixar , are in danger of extinction , according to a study by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Published in Conservation Letters magazine.

The authors of the work studied 1,568 species belonging to 16 families of marine animals that appear in the film. In total, sixteen out of every hundred animals evaluated are threatened, a percentage that ranges from "only" 9% among bony fish such as funny Dory or Nemo (clownfish) himself, and 100% in the case of bony fish. sea turtles . 43% of seahorses are also in danger of extinction, as well as 13% of pelicans.

In the study, the scientists show that the legal protection measures are especially deficient for sharks and rays : only 8% of the analyzed species are protected, despite the fact that in the case of sharks of the lamnidae family , among which is the white shark, the risk of extinction extends to 80% of the species.

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