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Humans Not Solely To Blame For Passenger Pigeon Extinction
sciencehabit (1205606) writes When the last passenger pigeon died at a zoo in 1914, the species became a cautionary tale of the dramatic impact humans can have on the world. But a new study finds that the bird experienced multiple population booms and crashes over the million years before its final demise. The sensitivity of the population to natural fluctuations, the authors argue, could have been what made it so vulnerable to extinction.
Well sed.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Wooly mammoths? Can you imagine those beasts trampling down your fields? Because you don't think that your puny fences would keep them reined in, do you? And the shedding everywhere!
You young'uns have NO idea what the paleolithic time was like! Now get offa my steppe!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.