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We have been a problem for ALL animals for more than 10,000 years, and now we have polluted the earth so bad that flowers are blooming in Antartica, just image your children in the future asking “Dad/mom what’s a penguin?” submitted by /u/Brunard0 [link] [comments]

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Trillium Brewing Company: Stumpy Duck American Pale Ale

10,000 Birds

It bears mentioning that the name of the series doesn’t refer to the physical dimensions of the featured species, but the size of the tiny black-and-white illustrations of each bird. In this kind of company, the often-overlooked and underappreciated Mallard starts looking pretty good, at least from a North American birding perspective.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

10,000 Birds

In fact, the Dodo belonged to a clade (sometimes called Raphini) of 15 remarkable, bizarre, intriguing island-adapted pigeons, some of which are still alive today, but eight of which have been hacked from the tree of life, driven to extinction by humans. The bird’s skeleton bears similarities to New Guinea’s much smaller (!)