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From Billions to Zero in 50 Years - The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon (2017x205)
Date de diffusion: Août 23, 2017
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Martha was a very lonely bird. She had once been part of a pair, with her male counterpart George, but he had died several years before. So, for the final years of her life, Martha sat in her one-bird cage alone. The Cincinnati Zoo offered a thousand dollar reward (about $23,000 today) to anyone who could track down a mate for Martha. Unfortunately, there were no mates left for her.
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Sources:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2014/01/06/140106crbo_books_rosen?currentPage=all
http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_Si/nmnh/passpig.htm
http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_Si/nmnh/passpig.htm
http://www.eco-action.org/dt/pigeon.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/scientists-aim-to-bring-the-passenger-pigeon-back-from-extinction-a-893744.html
http://books.google.com/books?id=TfDVAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+Feathered+River+Across+the+Sky:+The+Passenger+Pigeons+Flight+to+Extinction&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3e__Uqm8
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