Since 1984, there have been no recorded sightings. This means only four Christmas Island shrews have been reported in over 120 years.
Not exactly like it was a thriving population
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Zagorath - 2mon
It was thriving, until people introduced black rats in 1900. In just 8 years, they went from "extremely common all over the island" to thought extinct.
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tyler @programming.dev - 2mon
There can be thriving populations that just aren’t discovered because people don’t know how the populations functioned or because the landscape is so rugged it’s almost impossible to find them. Some birds have gone hundreds of years where people thought they were extinct.
Zagorath in environment
And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
https://theconversation.com/and-then-there-were-none-australias-only-shrew-declared-extinct-265988The death of birth always saddens me.
they also lost the bramble cay meloyms rodent in an island recently in one of the australian islands.
Always reminds me of this video when I hear the word extinct.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KH5AoyeBc
seems its like always either black rats or cats.
to be fair
Not exactly like it was a thriving population
It was thriving, until people introduced black rats in 1900. In just 8 years, they went from "extremely common all over the island" to thought extinct.
There can be thriving populations that just aren’t discovered because people don’t know how the populations functioned or because the landscape is so rugged it’s almost impossible to find them. Some birds have gone hundreds of years where people thought they were extinct.