#Hawaii&039;s ecology

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What Hawaii's Introduced Wildlife Teaches Us About Humanity

What Hawaii's Introduced Wildlife Teaches Us About Humanity #lessonsfromhistory #endemic #endangered

It started with the birds. My first day in Hawaii, I saw eleven species of birds that I had never seen before, most of them at the feeder in my friend’s backyard. Only one of them, the Pacific Golden-Plover, was not introduced to the islands by man. While this caused a dilemma for my life list, it also got me thinking about larger ethical and philosophical issues.

Nene: one of the few endemic…