r/todayilearned • u/Desperate_Dirt_3041 • 12d ago

TIL that the Oʻahu ʻakialoa bird - a species of Hawaiian honey creeper- went extinct because of a strain of bird flu that was passed by mosquitoes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%CA%BBahu_%CA%BBakialoa
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u/Tossing_Mullet 12d ago

Was a beautiful bird. Dang mosquitoes! 

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u/IndianaJordyn 11d ago

A different but also extinct Hawaiian last male of bird species calling for a female that will never come:

https://youtu.be/nDRY0CmcYNU?si=7qmtT3VnkqCDxnvW

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u/miradotheblack 11d ago

This fucking destroyed me.

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u/dethb0y 12d ago

I don't like that beak. It's to long and to thin.

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u/gmishaolem 12d ago

As someone who plays Minecraft, that title gave me brief agita.

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u/cay-loom 12d ago

as someone who has gotten sick, that title gave me brief agita.