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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·18 days agoWe made the dodo extinct despite it being so gross they Dutch sailors nicknamed it the “walgvogel” or “revulsion bird”.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·18 days agoWere they as annoying as seagulls? Because I could see that being a fairly valid reasoning back in the day.
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 days agoIn fairness, that was mostly accidental, unlike with the Great Auk. They were driven to extinction by inadvertently-introduced predators, as opposed to being actively hunted.
We made the dodo extinct despite it being so gross they Dutch sailors nicknamed it the “walgvogel” or “revulsion bird”.
Were they as annoying as seagulls? Because I could see that being a fairly valid reasoning back in the day.
In fairness, that was mostly accidental, unlike with the Great Auk. They were driven to extinction by inadvertently-introduced predators, as opposed to being actively hunted.