fossilesqueM to BiodiversityEnglish · 8 months agoBirds in North America will be renamed to avoid any 'harmful' historical associations with peopleapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10cross-posted to: birding@lemmy.world
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkBirds in North America will be renamed to avoid any 'harmful' historical associations with peopleapnews.comfossilesqueM to BiodiversityEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: birding@lemmy.world
minus-squareShootBANGdang@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoAudubon was a bird-murdering slave-owning prick and should be remembered as such
minus-squarefossilesqueOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoI got to help preserve some of his birds in a zoology museum I worked at. It was pretty cool. At least they are used for education now. I had to wrap and freeze them because carpet beetles are little bitches. That museum was wild.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThere is a strong contingent within members of the Audubon Society to rename it.
Audubon was a bird-murdering slave-owning prick and should be remembered as such
I got to help preserve some of his birds in a zoology museum I worked at. It was pretty cool. At least they are used for education now. I had to wrap and freeze them because carpet beetles are little bitches. That museum was wild.
There is a strong contingent within members of the Audubon Society to rename it.