Extinct by a cat in one net— the Stephen's Island Wren
Age of extinction: 1895
Size Full length: Total length 10cm
Habitat: Stephen's Island
Food: insects or spiders
Category: Birds
The Stephen Island Wren looks like a sparrow and behaves like a chicken.
Looks like a sparrow and acts like a chicken. After living in an environment with few enemies, you will become unable to fly before you know it!
We were originally living peacefully on the uninhabited island of Stephens Island. Then one day, a lighthouse was built on the island and humans began to come here. At that time, someone brought a female cat over. The first time we saw that cat, our hearts were pounding. I thought, "Is there a way to be a good friend?" "After leaning over, I was killed in a few seconds."
After that, the cat hunted us almost every day. In addition, the kitten born of the cat also joined the hunt, so the massacre of the cat family began on the island.
And just like that, we were all wiped out.
The Stephen Island Wren was extinct after being slaughtered by cats.
The true words of the Stephen Island Wren:
"Too peaceful is bad. Birds can't fly. ”
As a result of the evolution of New Zealand, where there were no such natural enemies as mammals, it became a flightless bird. Although humans and rats perished as soon as they arrived in New Zealand, some individuals survived on the uninhabited island of Stephen's Island.
But when the lighthouse was built on the island and the cat was brought to the island, the individuals in the last habitat were all extinct. According to the carcasses of cats, they were recorded as a new species in 1894.