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The last passenger pigeon died alone in a zoo
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Once boasting flocks so massive they darkened the skies for days, the passenger pigeon was hunted relentlessly until only one remained. Named Martha, she lived her final days entirely alone in an Ohio zoo enclosure until 1914. It stands as a shockingly rapid timeline of how quickly an incredibly abundant species can be permanently erased from the skies.
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