@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 year agoBirds in North America will be renamed to avoid any 'harmful' historical associations with peopleapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10cross-posted to: birding@lemmy.world
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkBirds in North America will be renamed to avoid any 'harmful' historical associations with peopleapnews.com@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: birding@lemmy.world
minus-square@ShootBANGdang@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoAudubon was a bird-murdering slave-owning prick and should be remembered as such
minus-square@fossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year 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-square@Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year 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.