Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-square25fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down16
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-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 · 3 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up59·3 months 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-up29arrow-down1·3 months agoAmericans killed off the bison because indians liked them.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoThat wins. The pettiest motive.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoRome vs Carthage. Romans beat them up then poured tons of salt on the fields so that they could never grow crops and rebuild. Just to be mean.
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoAt least it’s been brought back from extinction thanks to conservation efforts.
minus-squareBowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months 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-up3·edit-23 months 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.
That wins. The pettiest motive.
Rome vs Carthage. Romans beat them up then poured tons of salt on the fields so that they could never grow crops and rebuild. Just to be mean.
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