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.
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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoWe made the dodo extinct despite it being so gross they Dutch sailors nicknamed it the “walgvogel” or “revulsion bird”.
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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Were they as annoying as seagulls? Because I could see that being a fairly valid reasoning back in the day.
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
By most accounts they were large and slow, but also curious me friendly birds that would waddle over to check what sailors were doing.