#because ive never seen a passenger pigeon!! ive only heard stories about them!! ive only seen black and white photos!

[scattered-winter]

fuck. I'm getting emotional about passenger pigeons again

#re: last rb #they were the most common bird in north america!!!!!!!! and now they're extinct!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #literally so fucking heartbreaking. #its almost as bad as that time i had a nightmare that elephants went extinct and literally woke up crying #because ive never seen a passenger pigeon!! ive only heard stories about them!! ive only seen black and white photos! #but ive seen elephants!! ive touched them!!! ive ridden them!!!! #ugh. animal extinctions fuck me up SO badly y'all have no idea. #winter speaks #tw animal death