The Dodo Bird: What ACTUALLY Happened - Extra History
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Contrary to popular belief, the dodo wasn't devoured into extinction by Dutch sailors; it was a hardy survivor thriving in its unique environment. Unearth the fascinating adaptations of the dodo, the challenges it faced, and the real culprits behind its decline. Join us as we debunk myths and pay tribute to the resilient dodo, a species wiped out but not forgotten. 🌍
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Thanks to Rovio for commissioning this Dodo Bird episode on what actually happened, in hopes that with more knowledge of past ecological mistakes, we can move toward a happier future for our feathered friends. twitter.com/angrybirds Thanks for Watching!
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I watched Ur WW1 video at school for history Idk why I said it but it is what it is
great content
You know you've made it when Rovio sponsors you.
Just asking about the Lisbon earthquake
The alternate Dutch name for the dodo this video mentions is probably walgvogel. In the video this name is translated as ‘tasteless’ bird. Nah. It’s much worse than merely tasteless. Walg (from the verb walgen, the noun walging or the adjective walgelijk) actually has the meaning disgust/disgusting. Vogel is indeed bird, thus the more correct translation would be disgust(ing) bird.
Distasteful probably?
@@shryggur mmmm… distasteful sounds too moderate to me while walgen is pretty much ‘gonna vomit here and now’, which sounds more like disgusting to me. I could be wrong about how intense the meaning of distasteful is though.
@@speerboom got it, thanks!
It should be noted that people hated lobster when they arrived in North America, their were laws about how often it could be fed to prisoners before it became cruel.
Another thing to add to this: Pigeons (the closest living relatives to the dodo) are actually incredibly intellegent, understanding words, letters, and even in some cases using tools
...and they have both powerful flight muscles, and exceptional turning ability 🤔
@@jimtaylor294pigeons and dodos have similar brain to body ratios, that’s why they were compared. They do not have a similar ratio of breast muscles, that’s why you can’t apply the same reasoning. You saw the absolute surface level of someone comparing A to B based on evidence, and then forgot about the evidence part to ridicule them on why comparing C to Z doesn’t work.
^ Pointlessly rude diatribe is pointless, and rude. *Ding*
@@jimtaylor294 I found it educational, not pointless, rude and hardly diatribe.
@ShintogaDeathAngel It was definitely rude. The first commenter was adding those additional benefits pigeons have to the core, even if they didn't apply as readily in the comparison. The other replier claiming they were trying to force a faulty comparison is simply poor observational skills at work. I assume they misread the use of the word "both" in the original reply and assumed they were using the mentioned qualities to compare the dodo and the pigeon, when they were saying BOTH of the qualities mentioned belong to the pigeon. So, in short, the replier claiming the first reply was making an unnecessary comparison misinterpreted the initial reply and ran with it while complaining about them doing the same thing. It's rude AND it's hypocritical, frankly. Edited typo
The funny thing about the Dodo in Alice In Wonderland is that in the Disney version, he is the only animal who stays dry on the race; making him less foolish than he first appears.
Still foolish enough to think that burning a house down is an acceptable way to rid a monster.
@@andrewpottsit rids the monster
@@andrewpottsokay, remover a 10 story monster from a 2 story house! The house was going to be destroyed anyway by that logic, even if the actual solution was eating a carrot. so burning it down isn't as bad of an idea as one might think.
@@andrewpotts that really depends on what other options are available. What comes out of a fire extinguisher will destroy a TV, but the TV has already been destroyed if it's on fire, right?
Yes, but there it is reference to a nickname of the somewhat stuttering author himself...
It is sad that such a friendly species died out.
I agree with your sentiments.
They are fascinating and really strange looking, so they'd still be popular animals today.
@@MatthewTheWandererthey would be like an avian capybara
@@dolsopolarCapybara's aren't strange, atleast not when compared to marsupials, monotremes or extinct species of ratites (Elephant Birds and Moas). Capybara's are only as strange as any other mammalian species that diverged during the past 66 million years.
It's even sadder realizing they're not the only pigeons who have gone extinct due to humans or other invasive animals coming along to wipe them all out.
I had an Egyptian Mau cat called Dodo. Unfortunately she died, and now she’s as dead as a dodo.
Sorry to hear about your dodo
so she went the way of the dodo?
@@Irobert1115HD yes she did and I am so sorry to hear that about her
That’s interesting because I had a Dodo I called Egyptian May cat Small world 😂
Perfetto
According to some of the sailors, they were either completely delicious, or barely edible. Lament we may never know.
I guess some people just have different tastes.
Also, different frames of reference. Different ships had different standards for onboard fare, and if you'd just had a month of dried food only, you'd probably call any fresh meat delicious, and something to look forward to. @@kakahass8845
The Marmite of the bird world then
Might have to do with how starved they were for fresh food. Hunger is the best spice. 😂
Probably differing diets by the birds, cooking methods, and who was doing the cooking.
If you want a suggestion for more bird themed videos, New Zealand used to have a species called the Moa. And currently the local birds are threatened by animals brought over by colonisers. It’s almost never talked about outside of New Zealand so if you want to make a video on it I think I could be interesting.
Yeah, the kiwi could’ve had a similar story to the dodo, considering how it was unthreatened by its environment for a long time but was put under threat by Māori hunting and the European animals.
The Kakapo is also worth a story, at the moment it looks like they escaped becoming history for now, but it was as close as it can get.
Cats and Japan's ecosystem changes
yeah one about New Zealand birds in general. or Australia and the environmental disaster.
Pretty sure the Moa is only mentioned when people are talking about the possibility of bringing creatures back from extinction
Reminds me of pandas. They too are often treated as "too stupid to live", when they absolutely had no problems surviving before humans destroyed their habitat.
8:49 i'd never imagine i would hear him say "a VERY fluffy boi" but i'm totally here for it
I cannot stress enough how awesome it is to just be able to wake up and learn something
Well said
I’d actually never heard either of these explanations for the dodo’s extinction, in uk school we were taught it was rats. Rats that festered and snuck onto boats that made their way to the dodo homes that would steal their eggs that caused them to be wiped out. To hear a myth that it’s was humans who ate them to death, or a possibility that animals we intentionally brought with us was the cause is really upsetting…. 😢
They were fat flightless birds, which forced them to lay eggs on the ground, rats brought by Dutch ate their eggs and human ate them for food, which caused their extinction. Even the Dutch left Mauritius because of the rat infection, they decided to return a second Tim's for a few years before leaving for good. Both the Mauritian giant tortoise and Rodrigues Solitaire extinction have similar reasons
That alliteration at the beginning was pretty impressive considering that it actually made sense AND didn't feel forced!
as a dutch person, I must now come to terms with my whole heritage being a lie
Do enough research and reading on Dutch colonialism and you will hate your country's history, most western countries actively whitewash their terrible and grisly pasts, only Germany is an exception due to losing WW2.
Shouldn't you be glad?
Wait until you hear about the Slave Trade.
Oh don't worry... you have all that colonialism to play with!
As an Indonesian, I could say not all of it is a lie :p
This is one of the best dodo videos i have seen. The only real thing you are missing is the painting by Ustad Mansur showing what is likely the most accurate dodo depiction but this video summarises it very well regardless.
If you ever get an opportunity like this, perhaps you should talk about the domestic cat, and their relationship with extinct bird species.
Tibbles the cat and the Stephens island Wren come to mind.
@@davescott7680 Is that a Wren from Steven's Island? AAAAAH, PANTHERS!! RUN!
It is absolutely ridiculous the damage cats can do, in the United States alone cats kill an estimated 1.4 billion birds a year, some estimates are at 2.6 billion. In comparison the total killed in the US is 1.8-3.1 billion, meaning they account for 78-84% of all bird deaths. It’s insane. New Zealand is looking into enacting a law that would make outdoor cats illegal because of how much damage they can do
It's weird that he didn't mention cats as a possible invasive predator responsible for the Dodo's demise.
I would love a DoDo as a pet. They looked so cute and like they would have been amazing pets, I’m so sad they went extinct lol.
I was thinking about that the whole video
No thanks. I've already had one bird that could take my hand off with its beak, and that's enough for me.
The Pirate Captain agrees with you!
I mean, if there's still taxidermized specimen, would it be possible to clone one?
@@analoren4745 with the way cloning currently works we would need a animal that is closely related to the dodo so that they could ley the egg of the cloned dodo
I hope science can bring back the Dodo. It would be great to learn what they were really like.
This would likely backfire horribly. Please don't. Please watch Jurassic Park instead, and then watch Frankenstein. It's better to focus on protecting the living that are still around than to mess about raising the dead. 🫠 that's how you get zombie Apocalypses. -_- I'm quite sure it's possible. I'm less convinced it's a good idea.
@darthparallax5207 I don't think dodo birds are gonna be as dangerous as a dinosaur, also it wouldn't be bringing one from the dead, it'd be making a new dodo from it's DNA
@@darthparallax5207 someone has been watching too much Hollywood movies about this lol.
@@rizizum Technically they *are* dinosaurs as all birds are avian dinosaurs.👀
If the technology of Artificial Wombs can be perfected, then producing enough Dodo's for a breeding program is theoretically possible 🤔 . Would require a complete DNA sample though, which is also notionally possible, as we have trace amounts from the taxidermied & pickled remains of the original bird 🤔
One interesting piece of data is that the nearest islands had other top-of-the-food-chain big birds (smaller than the dodo, I think, and tangentially related to it) who also went extinct not that long after. Human colonization really did a number on isolated island ecosystem.
The Dutch may not have eaten all the Dodos, but they DID eat their Prime Minister a few years later! Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing a five-part series on the "Rampjaar". Every episode could start off with the usual introductory scenes, followed by "...and no, this ISN'T the part where they eat him."
To add to this, Pigeons are _ridiculously_ smart. Like, smart enough to learn how to read smart.
Could the dodo be a candidate for de-extinction?
Dodorassic park: the dodoing
I would say yes, as it's only been a few centuries at most and reintroducing a Dodo population would not cause an ecological upheaval on their island.
Depends on if we have a source of viable DNa
Weren't you listening? He said they don't actually taste good. No point.
@@johnladuke6475 Why are you assuming that the OP wants the dodo to be revived to eat?
Yeah, chickens and cows aren't inherently stupid either. Humans just love insulting other animals, regardless of how they look, if they've exploited them or otherwise ruined their habitat and climate. We also see this happen between humans as well. The easiest way to assuage guilt is to imply it was inevitable, even if it wasn't.
This 💯
People tend to have a really hard time understanding that we aren’t special. I’ve had people argue that animals aren’t aware that they’re alive and just live in the moment, and that evidence of greif cannot be confirmed because we cannot know for sure what they’re feeling. We are not the final arbiters of morality, and our morals are as tied down to our evolution the same way social behaviour in any animal is tied to their evolutionary history as well. We care about each other because taking care of each other happened to be benificial for our ancestors, the same way it would’ve evolved in any other animal. Our sense of morals is no more objective than any other animal and I don’t know why it’s so hard for some people to understand this.
@firytwig Very true. I find it funny those people think we can't confirm grief in animals but you'll probably find some of those same people acting as if they can read the minds of other human beings and then put words into their mouth (which is something I've also been guilty of, admittedly. It's a common fault, I think.) Language helps with removing ambiguities but we can never 100% know for certain what someone else is going through because we aren't them and it's just as easy to misinterpret humans whose language we can understand.
@@firytwig My dad saw a rabbit funeral taking place. One had become roadkill and a whole group was gathered around it just sitting quietly. He said he could see the grief in their eyes
fun fact there's actually 2 types of extinction the first extinction meanz gone forever their all deader than blockbuster the second extinction is exinct in the wild meaning they thrive in zoos and sanctuaries and there is hope for reintroducing them to the wild
Don't forget the quagga - 1st type now revived...
@@user-jd5zt4of8q Technically they're zebras which look like quagga but are genetically different. The only example of an animal surviving true de-extinction was the Pyrenean ibex but even it only survived a very short time due to a hole in the newborn's lung.
what wild? humans are constantly razing and destroying ecosystems and habitats.... developing cities and towns. Population growth is exponential so it only grows every year. People are the problem.
@@st33ldi9ital "Wild" in that sense just means "not in captivity". It does NOT mean "untouched wilderness".
@@st33ldi9italExcept there's been a noticeable decline in the Birth to Death ratio as time has moved forward. There will be a time in the not too distant future where the population will be stable around roughly 11 billion people.
Dodo is surrounded by fire " This is fine"😊 Perfect thumpnail 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I feel like you got more out of being able to use the Angry Birds than they got out of sponsoring this video. Kudos!
May I recommend the book "Dodo: From Extinction to Icon by Errol Fuller" It goes into great depth of much of the information shared here. It even includes some of those Dutch sailors in person sketches, among other images through time, such as showing the exaggeration of the animal as people further and further removed from any genuine interaction misinterpreted the poor bird. One fact from the book I greatly enjoyed was that the dodo apparently had a very nasty kick to go with those strong legs.
Still to this day i try to convince my friends that these things were alive until a few centuries ago They didn't went to the afterlife alongside dinosaurs, no idea how the hell they ever reach that conclusion
The game, Arc Survival evolved, one of the few modern animals there.
Plus the movie Ice Age@@Demortra
I thought that it was pretty common knowledge that the dodo was not eaten to death but that it was indeed our animals that killed it. (Also do deers eat eggs never knew that)
I don't think it's common knowledge I didn't know about this and I'm a bit of a collector of mismashed trivia also there's no such thing as a true herbivore most of them (like cows and deer) will eat bugs snakes and eggs.
There are confirmed cases of deer looking for bird chick's to eat. Not 'stumbled across a nest and took advantage of the situation' but actually devoted effort to look for them. I have also seen a picture of a deer eating a rabbit. Don't know if that is normal behavior however
@@pukei-pukei2536 that calcium for those pokey head bits has to come from somewhere
I think as a general rule, herbivores are only herbivores because they don't hunt meat. They'll eat it if its there and they can fit it in their mouth.. Horses will eat birds if they can get their mouth on them. Its free protein. There are obligate herbivores that straight up can't digest meat, but in general animals will eat what they can get, but what they can get is often decided by their morphology. In particular what their mouth is capable of tearing off and fitting in. The teeth needed to tear flesh don't work great for plant matter.
@@pukei-pukei2536Those antlers don't grow for free. Same with cows, they need their calcium...
1:05 Thats amazing guys! 1:28 you indeed nailed it😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nice to know they might be making a comeback soon.
Where did you hear that?
@@dknighton100 Colossal Biosciences are a company working on de-extinction efforts for recently extinct animals that still have an ecological niche in the modern day. The dodo is on their list. They're planning to use the Nicobar pigeon, its closest living relative, as a surrogate.
@@dknighton100To be fair to OP it would be the one of easiest animal to bring back.
@kakahass8845 I heard the same for the mammoth, so im a little skeptical. But if it's possible I would love to see these things again in real life.
Yeah, DNA could be gathered or at least fragments of it, and the possibility of cousins to the dodo like pigeons or doves could be used to restore that species. I like the idea of using the Nicobar pigeon as its restorative base since its bright colors would make for a magnificent dodo to look at.
It was a 3 foot tall bird?! I'm only 5 feet tall so the thing was almost as tall as me.
They were big!!
They were fat flightless birds, which forced them to lay eggs on the ground, rats brought by Dutch ate their eggs and human ate them for food, which caused their extinction. Even the Dutch left Mauritius because of the rat infection, they decided to return a second Tim's for a few years before leaving for good. Both the Mauritian giant tortoise and Rodrigues Solitaire extinction have similar reasons
I've never heard it was eaten to death, even 20+ years ago it was being taught that humans brought rats to Mauritius that drove them extinct.
DODOS WERE THREE FEET TALL!?!?
Like, REALLY?!? That’s a big *ss birb.
Turkey sized friend.
Just imagine if the Dodo survived into our days, and joined the Emu in their war against Australia...
Slight issue the emus lost that war when the Australians started hiring mercenaries
The Dodos become guerilla warfare soldiers!
@@spartanx9293not really, the Australians were winning but gave up
Great series!
I would also like to mention the extinction of the great auk (Pinguinus impennis), the poor thing also disappeared because of man (much more direct), in a BBC documentary entitled: Extinct of 2001, showed the extinctions from the dodo to the Thylacine . I hope that The Holocene extinction, or Anthropocene extinction also called the sixth mass extinction does not reach the rank of the famous "big 5". These things depress me, but I know that unfortunately they are a sad reality. (let's not throw Noah's work down the toilet; if we want, stay with the thoughts of that time,.5:17 and 5:24 talk)
You had me but then you mentioned Noah.
@@CrisSelene it was just a way of saying that we have to change things, it was also a reference to a "mythical" fact that in many ways we must remember to "emulate"
@@germanomagnone What do you mean by "Noah's work" though?
@@MatthewTheWanderer "save all living things"
@@CrisSelene "You had me until you used an extremely apt metaphor for the topic at hand, because any mention of religiosity drives me into an apoplectic rage. Yes I am a totally normal and reasonable human being, why do you ask?"
Dodo's are undeniably cute and dumpy looking, I love that people are giving them better credit as capable species now when we were basically content with victim blaming them all these years and not taking responsibility as being an outside factor to their end. I used to read a book as a kid about like a chicken run situation centering around anthropomorphic Dodos trying to survive hungry sailors and then worse the rats that started infesting the island. They had the help of a parrot that came with the humans but stayed to aid them with an idea to use a discarded boat to cross islands.
Just sayin i didn’t know angry birds were still around
I think that was the point of the sponsorship 😉
They shouldn't have been a thing after 2011
i really hope that we bring the dodo back! that would be incredible to see
The dodo is probably the extinct animal that I want to see brought back by science the most. Most other extinct species people talk about bringing back seem like they don't have a place in the world. I mean where are we going to put something like a herd of wooly mammoths in the modern day? A flock of dodos seem far more reasonable to accommodate.
I would agree but theres 2 things kinda reatricting this 1. Scientists cant really bring back dodos 2. Mammoths could actually help climate change
As an ark player I have a massive amount of respect for them now
I’ve had a massive amount of respect after one of my friends and my tamed ones went on a killing spree when we accidentally set its behavior to “aggressive”
Nice historical clarification, thanks, would have also liked a moment describing the effects of Dodo extinction on the island.
dodo feathers were prized for fashion in England as well.
Didn't expect the Rovio Company to commission you guys making this video
I thought they went out of business.
I feel like I saw this same information in a recent video, perhaps by Eons? Nice video in any case!
I heard that they were able to get some DNA from the bones of a dodo and they're trying to clone them which I am definitely all for. GO DODO!!!
...has the question been answered as to where Dodo 2.0 will live? Preferrably in a pig- and catless island environment. If it's just for having a novelty pet for rich people with inferiority complexes then please don't bother resurrecting the Dodo.
@@TheAgamemnon911 The good news is the lab working on the project, Colossal Biosciences, is partnered with Mauritius conservation groups on the de-extinction project. But like with current efforts to preserve New Zealand's Kakapo parrot -- another specialised, ground-nesting bird that came almost to extinction because of introduced predators -- it's likely Dodo 2.0 will have to live in a human-controlled environment for a long time until its numbers and genetic diversity can be firmly re-established. Kakapo were believed to be extinct until a tiny colony of them was discovered on a wee isle on the NZ coast, and even with rigorous conservation effort there's still just under 300 of them left. The other good news, though, is that for the first time since they were wiped out from the NZ mainland, the first Kakapo have been reintroduced to a predator-resistant preserve in one of their original NZ habitats and are doing well so far! So there will certainly be hope for Dodo2.
Do note that there has literally never been a successful cloning of a bird
The theme on the title screen reminds me of playing Actraiser... Very interesting video. I enjoyed learning about the dodo..
This is an episode I never knew I needed
Dodo is also known for fast internet in my country
You put Douglas Adam's portrayal of the dodo into focus. Not a thing of lessor value but something we removed from this world. We are the fools for not even noticing. 'Last Chance to See' is an amazing book.
Thank you for making this video. Can you make a video about the Moa Bird?
tbh I always thought it was just a problem of rats and pigs getting dumped off on their islands, like with a lot of other island species. Did not know they were good climbers and fast.
In the comic strip 'Safe Havens' by Bill Holbrook, dodos were brought back, and then, after having chicks and grand chicks, the original pair stowed away on a mission to Mars and decided to stay when the Human astronauts left (Mars was made habitable in that comic strip. 'Safe Havens' is slice of life mixed with sci-fi)
I confuse the Dodo and the Great Auk in my mind, and I was looking forward to hear you pronounce some Icelandic names until you mentioned Mauritius
"Unbeknownst to most ornithologists, the dodo was a very advanced species. Living alone quite peacefully until, in the 17th century, it was annihilated by men, rats and, dogs. As usual." -Gary Larson
I learned about them in like 1st grade..everytime i think about them, i miss them deeply. It's a weird feeling
The most craziest alliteration I have experienced at the start of any video game
Shaun of the Dodo is by far the best illustration of this episode.
I am surprised there has been no dodo with an umbrella on its head.
Man, I’d love to see an episode on the demise of the passenger pigeon.
1:28 Hey Matt! Are you alright after that hit?
I found this channel by accident and am SO glad I did!
Welcome to the channel!
It's the wings man. That's what makes them look ridiculous. It's the curse of T-Rex.
I loved the alliteration thank you
The beginning makes even engineers roll on the floor laughing
Excellent video!
I learned something today, thank you.
If you want to learn more about the dodo, I'd recommend watching Channel 4's TV series "Extinct", they had a whole episode about the dodo with reconstructions of the events that lead to it's extinction whilst also talking about the dodo's way of life before humans arrived.
It evolved to be flightless since the 5000BCE Burckle impact comet that wiped out ground predators with a Tidal Wave.
7:24 Cunning? Yes. Intelligence in general? Owls. So no.
Dodos are such neat animals
Hello Extra History one sugestion to a future video is about the Greek Genocide by the ottomans.
You should do an episode about invasive Flathead and Blue Catfish in brackish rivers in the east. Catfish were introduced for sport, and when fertilizer pollution made algae increase, the native Redfish and Stripers left, and the Catfish stayed because they could handle it. Then they ate all the important baitfish and crabs.
Please do the Greek war of independence of 1821 against the ottoman empire next I've been asking for this since the first episodes of the sengoku Jidai!
The most important question regarding the dodo is: Is it delicious enough to clone?
Queen Victoria had a bad day once due to a dodo and her weird pirate owner.
Awesome alliteration!
Not using a Angry Birds pig at 4:30 seems like such a missed opportunity 😢.
The movie Ice Age's depiction of the dodo always bugged me, and they didn't even live on the mainland, I don't know if they even existed during the ice age.
Oh! The intro music is from the snes game Actraiser, cool.
I was at my local university studying palaeontology for a week and I caught one of the other students JUGGLING A DODO PELVIS! The only one ever found!
Can you do one on the thylacine/ Tasmanian tiger?
Finally, a prehistoric creature my prayers have been answered❤
Love the bird content! Columbiformes (doves and pigeons) are generally pretty stupid but normally pretty adaptable. The problem is only being adapted to a certain set of environments. Island species have these issues. Even hyper intelligent ones (Hawaiian Crows being a great example)
I believe Gary Larson's Far Side did a skit where he stated "The Dodo actually had a sophisticated society until the introduction of humans and dogs. In it the Dodos are working on scientific experiments and writing when the invaders are reaching their island.
You missed the opportunity to make the pigs Green
While human did this bird dirty the Dodo is one of my favorite birds
They took my fluffy boy. Rip andre braugher.
It's funny, I've never heard the Dodo was eaten to extinction. When the books or museums talking about the Dodo mentionned eating it was to say that he was bad to eat and left for the dogs ˆˆ
The Dutch sailors called the Dodo the 'walgvogel' or disgusting bird. They deemed the bird inedible. And knowing that Dutch cuisine at the time lacked any spices, just salt. I have never read or heard before that the Dodo was 'eaten to extinction.' As a kid I read the Dutch version of Popular Science and their conclusion was pretty much the same as this video's. Too bad the rest of the world was unaware up till now.
I grew up in the UK in the 90s and was taught that rats & cats were the cause. Not quite right but not that far off - it WAS introduced mammals that caused their demise
Wonder where a dodo finds climbing gear! Love the illustrations!
I would totally keep a dodo as a pet if I could
I love dodos so much and I wish they weren’t extinct
That music. From Actraiser?
It's wild that people couldn't figure out that things go even go extinct by this point, considering what happened to the Aurochs not long before the Dodo supposedly died out. EDIT: Aaaah Cuvier. What a...complicated legacy.
When they arrived at the new world and were absolutely staggered by the sheer numbers of wildlife, yet couldn't put 2 and 2 together that Europe used to be just like that before millennia of human civilisation drove the numbers down. Or how part of the reason for the shift from longbows to early firearms is that there were literally no adult specimens of the tree longbows were made from left. They had an exorbitant bounty for anyone who could provide an order of that kind of wood and nobody in europe was able to fulfill it. They had completely wiped out the tree in its adult form. Hell, even just keeping to superstition and known recorded facts. Theres at least one famous historical figure who's claim to fame was wiping out a species.
Humans seem determined to head the way of the dodo.
Can you do the one on the Aurochs
I can only hear the phrase. "The last melon" go through my head whenever someone mentions the Dodo
The fact that we use the word “Dodo” to mean “Stupid” when we well know that their extinction and bad reputation comes from being too trusting of humans is low key nuts. Like we know we’re destructive and that the idea of not being terrified of us is some kind of joke.