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minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish20•14 hours agoWe made the dodo extinct despite it being so gross they Dutch sailors nicknamed it the “walgvogel” or “revulsion bird”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•9 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•14 hours agoWere they as annoying as seagulls? Because I could see that being a fairly valid reasoning back in the day.
minus-square@SemjazalinkEnglish4•edit-27 hours agoBy most accounts, iirc, they were large and slow, but also curious me friendly birds that would waddle over to check what sailors were doing.
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.
By most accounts, iirc, they were large and slow, but also curious me friendly birds that would waddle over to check what sailors were doing.