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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We made the dodo extinct despite it being so gross they Dutch sailors nicknamed it the "walgvogel" or "revulsion bird".

[–] halcyoncmdr 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Were they as annoying as seagulls? Because I could see that being a fairly valid reasoning back in the day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[–] T156 10 points 2 weeks ago

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.