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Jaleh Posted 8 years ago
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All these influences have a negative impact on the spirit bear's very existance, which is made all the more fragile by the fact that reproduction among these bears has always been disappointingly low.

  

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exist e nce All these influences make it hard for the bears to exist. Low reproduction makes it even harder. If something is 'fragile', it is easily damaged or destroyed.

  • exist e nce All these influences make it hard for the bears to exist.
  • Low reproduction makes it even harder.
  • If something is 'fragile', it is easily damaged or destroyed.
  • The bears may soon no longer exist.
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existence

All these influences make it hard for the bears to exist. Low reproduction makes it even harder.


If something is 'fragile', it is easily damaged or destroyed. The bears may soon no longer exist.

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The expression "all the more fragile" + means " more fragile in all aspects / ways." or "much more fragile"

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/all-the-more?a=british

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jaleh ... existence, which is made all the more fragile by ...

"all" does not refer to anything. "all the more" is just another way of saying "even more".

fragile ~ vulnerable

The existence of those bears is made even more fragile by low reproduction rates. (passive)
Low reproduction rat

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