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More recently, the North American passenger pigeon. Billions to extinct in 19th century... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon https://en.m.wikipe
by wingspar 9y ago
More recently, the North American passenger pigeon. Billions to extinct in 19th century...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon
- jwilk 9y agoNon-mobile link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon
- onychomys 9y agoTwentieth century, as Martha (probably the last member of the species, although the standard post-extinction cryptic sightings continued into the 1930s) died in 1914. If anybody wants to read an extremely complete book on the subject, it's hard to do better than A Feathered River Across The Sky[0]. It's well written and the science is sound. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Feathered-River-Across-Sky-Extinction/dp/1620405342 https://www.amazon.com/Feathered-River-Across-Sky-Extinction...
- reitanqild 9y agoI was about to mention the Great Auk [0] but realized while reading up on it that scientists have started asking questions about the previously official sad story that I heard as a child. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk