fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoBirds in North America will be renamed to avoid any 'harmful' historical associations with peopleapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkBirds in North America will be renamed to avoid any 'harmful' historical associations with peopleapnews.comfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareShootBANGdanglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoAudubon was a bird-murdering slave-owning prick and should be remembered as such
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere is a strong contingent within members of the Audubon Society to rename it.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI got to help preserve some of his birds in a zoology museum I worked at. It was pretty cool. At least they are used for education now. I had to wrap and freeze them because carpet beetles are little bitches. That museum was wild.
Audubon was a bird-murdering slave-owning prick and should be remembered as such
There is a strong contingent within members of the Audubon Society to rename it.
I got to help preserve some of his birds in a zoology museum I worked at. It was pretty cool. At least they are used for education now. I had to wrap and freeze them because carpet beetles are little bitches. That museum was wild.