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[–] coyootje 53 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I recently learned about the great auk, it's so sad that they no longer exist. Humans really suck, so many species went extinct because of us. And in this case it wasn't even necessary for survival, they just killed a ton of them for their feathers to make fancier pillows (and other stuff) but they weren't eaten I believe...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] 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.

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