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I read My First Summer in the Sierra and found it depressing the way he would describe fantastical trees and plants and landscapes in great detail - and then sa
by silveroriole 7y ago
I read My First Summer in the Sierra and found it depressing the way he would describe fantastical trees and plants and landscapes in great detail - and then say the sheep trampled and ate it all.
- Marsymars 7y agoI found the bit on Wikipedia describing the extinction of the Great auk pretty depressing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk#Extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk#Extinction > The last pair, found incubating an egg, was killed there on 3 June 1844, on request from a merchant who wanted specimens, with Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson strangling the adults and Ketill Ketilsson smashing the egg with his boot.