Ep. 47: Doomed to fail species? The story of the passenger pigeon

Author: Farz Sokhansanj, Taylor Pineiro
Published: Mon 11 Sep 2023
Episode Link: https://doomed-to-fail.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-47-doomed-to-fail-species-the-story-of-the-passenger-pigeon-w8FabT5B

Join us for the story of the Passenger Pigeon - America’s most prolific bird that flocked in the billions until we discovered they were easy to kill and also delicious.

Within 100 years, they went from blocking out the sun with their flocks to being totally extinct.

Learn their history and the possibility of their future with de-extinction technology.

Listener poll: Should we bring back dinosaurs? Farz says 100% yes, Taylor says we’ve been through this, and it’s never a good idea.

Pics via the Creative Commons & #midjourney #AI

What Caused the Mass Extinction of Billions of Passenger Pigeons?

38. Back From The Dead And Ready To Party: Passenger Pigeons, De-extinction, & Cloning with Revive & Restore's Ben Novak - Grow Everything Biotech Podcast

The Birds | The New Yorker

Did not read but should have read - Amazon.com: A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction (Audible Audio Edition)

Passenger Pigeons – On Wildlife

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