Passenger Pigeon Facts and Characteristics, Why Did The Passenger Pigeon Go Extinct?
Billions of passenger pigeons once flew over North America and gathered together in huge clouds of birds. "There are crazy historical records about this thing blocking the sky for hours in the daytime".
Large crowds of people also facilitated the hunting of birds, and their numbers began to decline rapidly at the end of the 19th century. The last known passenger pigeon, Martha, lived at the Cincinnati Zoo until her death in 1914. His body was frozen in a 300-pound block of ice and was sent by train to the Smithsonian in Washington DC, where tourists can view his stuffed body.
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