Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1234
arrow-up1234external-linkTIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up61·1 month agoIt’s crazy to think that we almost brought a class of animals to extinction, all because we had the arrogance to read in the dark.
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 month agoAmericans killed off the bison because indians liked them.
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoAt least it’s been brought back from extinction thanks to conservation efforts.
minus-squareBowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoWe’ve killed off many other species simply by existing and expanding. And even more with what we do to the environment constantly.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoWait till you lean how many species go extinct per year. We’re currently in the middle of a mass extinction era, mostly caused by human industrialization
It’s crazy to think that we almost brought a class of animals to extinction, all because we had the arrogance to read in the dark.
Americans killed off the bison because indians liked them.
At least it’s been brought back from extinction thanks to conservation efforts.
We’ve killed off many other species simply by existing and expanding. And even more with what we do to the environment constantly.
Wait till you lean how many species go extinct per year.
We’re currently in the middle of a mass extinction era, mostly caused by human industrialization