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BuyMyBitcoins on March 19, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Plans to repopulate Hawaii’s forests with its crow...

While humanity’s impact has been a boon for a few dozen cosmopolitan species, the impact of humanity on most bird species has been a tremendous net negative. Especially for the Hawaiian Islands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaiian_animals_extin...

dilznoofus on March 20, 2023 [–]

...yeah, on the whole I can't imagine thinking that humanity's impact on birds overall has been a good thing

Unless you really, really love pigeons

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