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[Luke Skywalker]

They were pigeons by the way

THe dodo story makes me sad, i would have liked to see them in real life, same as the thylacine (tasmanian tiger/wolf). In reality i feel this way with all recent times exticnt species.

Dodo were easy to catch since they didnt know humans and couldnt fly. They were 'sitting ducks'.

[Williamsfan301]

[Chaac]

They were pigeons by the way

THe dodo story makes me sad, i would have liked to see them in real life, same as the thylacine (tasmanian tiger/wolf). In reality i feel this way with all recent times exticnt species.

Dodo were easy to catch since they didnt know humans and couldnt fly. They were 'sitting ducks'.

Great Auk. Elephant bird. Moa. Some emu species. Baiji. North African elephant. Barbary lion. And many others

And when I look at the Pleistocene fauna that was lost all around the world I just want to cry.

[Luke Skywalker]

barbary lions seem to exist still in some zoos.

I think i read that lions got exticnt in greece during the greek-roman ancient times.

[Williamsfan301]

"If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, expands to new territories, and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, ah, well, there it is."