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minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 hours agoWe made the dodo extinct despite it being so gross they Dutch sailors nicknamed it the “walgvogel” or “revulsion bird”.
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours 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.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 hours agoWere they as annoying as seagulls? Because I could see that being a fairly valid reasoning back in the day.
We made the dodo extinct despite it being so gross they Dutch sailors nicknamed it the “walgvogel” or “revulsion bird”.
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.
Were they as annoying as seagulls? Because I could see that being a fairly valid reasoning back in the day.