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There are stories of 19th / early-20th century birders hunting and killing the last known examples of particular species. It was a squalid practice, to be sure,
by eszed 3y ago
There are stories of 19th / early-20th century birders hunting and killing the last known examples of particular species. It was a squalid practice, to be sure, but it's a reach to say that collecting (as opposed to the commercial hunting or habitat destruction which had driven those species to the brink) was caused their extinctions.
- nathancahill 3y agoSome of the older field books had tasting notes for the birds they described.
- tristramb 3y agoThe original specimen of Rhea pennata (Darwin's Rhea) was cooked and served up as a meal before Darwin realised that it was a new species: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_rhea#History_of_the_discovery_of_the_genus_Rhea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_rhea#History_of_the...