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r/Anticonsumption • u/Zxasuk31 • Jan 01 '24
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Hawaiian bird extinction peaked around the 50’s gee, I wonder why, and has largely been stable since
166 u/[deleted] Jan 01 '24 Is there a lore reason why Hawaii bird extinction peaked back then? Hawaii didn't become a state until 1959, so shouldn't it peak in the 60s? 485 u/jmurphy42 Jan 01 '24 It was heavy-handedly colonized for many decades before statehood. 41 u/Mego1989 Jan 01 '24 And exploited for resources since the late 18th century when Europeans first landed there.
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Is there a lore reason why Hawaii bird extinction peaked back then? Hawaii didn't become a state until 1959, so shouldn't it peak in the 60s?
485 u/jmurphy42 Jan 01 '24 It was heavy-handedly colonized for many decades before statehood. 41 u/Mego1989 Jan 01 '24 And exploited for resources since the late 18th century when Europeans first landed there.
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It was heavy-handedly colonized for many decades before statehood.
41 u/Mego1989 Jan 01 '24 And exploited for resources since the late 18th century when Europeans first landed there.
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And exploited for resources since the late 18th century when Europeans first landed there.
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u/Fantastic_Goat_2959 Jan 01 '24
Hawaiian bird extinction peaked around the 50’s
gee, I wonder why, and has largely been stable since