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Officials: Loon killed bald eagle by stabbing its heart
BRIDGTON, Maine (AP) — A bald eagle died last year in Maine after being stabbed through the heart by a loon, wildlife officials said. A biologist at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries...
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Thu 21 May 2020, 3:27,
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Why is it still a protected bird?
A mid-westerner friend assures me that the population is bigger than ever.
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Because pricks hunted it to the edge of extinction once already.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 21 May 2020, 7:57,
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No moa, no moa…
...in old Aotearoa. Can’t get ’em, they’ve et ’em, they’ve gone and there ain’t no Moa.
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Autearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. Moa were like a big ostrich. They had no predators for thousands of years, until the English turned up. They were tasty, so people bashed them over the head. Another moa would be curious about why its friend had suddenly disappeared, so it would wander over. And so on and so forth.
I really hate humans sometimes. We suck.
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i think the Maori had eaten them all before the English got here
Too lazy to confirm it though
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simbosan liked your link on, Thu 21 May 2020, 19:15,
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There were a few left, but the English kept on asking for some moa.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 21 May 2020, 22:22,
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Here's what a moa looked like
I made it small, just for you, 'coz I care about you; clicky for biggy and more moa.
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good
I fucking hate the eagles, man
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 21 May 2020, 8:34,
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But...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HWQc7uew0ug
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Thu 21 May 2020, 13:21,
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