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Reminder that a cat named Tibbles once rendered an entire species of New Zealand wren extinct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyall%27s_wren https://en.wikipedia
by EdwardDiego 3y ago
Reminder that a cat named Tibbles once rendered an entire species of New Zealand wren extinct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyall%27s_wren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyall%27s_wren
- Nextgrid 3y agoThe article itself seems to disprove this? It wasn't all caused by a single cat.
- bombcar 3y agoAll Tibbles had to do was eat the last one (or the second to last).
- EdwardDiego 3y agoTibbles was the first cat brought to the island, and she had kittens, hence the feral cats. Tibbles didn't kill them all, but bringing Tibbles doomed the species.