Raytheon Island is a famous island in the Hawaiian Archipelago of the United States, which once attracted many whalers and gold diggers to pan for gold.
Lei Xian Island is home to 10 million seabirds, there are thousands of black-footed albatrosses, there are 5 species of native birds, one of which is our protagonist Lei Xian Island Buzzard.
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In the last century, at least three species on Leixian Island became permanently extinct: the Leixian Island Buzzard, the Laysan Millerbird, and the Agrotis laysanensis.
If the extinction of the latter two creatures is just accidental, then the extinction of the Leixian Island Buzzard is more like meeting the god of death.
Why?
The "Death is Coming" series of movies must have been seen by many people, and the protagonists in the film can escape the first day of the first year, but they cannot escape the fifteenth. In the end, they all have to accept the punishment of the god of death.
So, why is it said that the Lei Xian Island Buzzard has been sanctioned by the God of Death? This issue of the Black Magic Biology Academy takes you to the answers.
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In 1820, gold diggers from Massachusetts came to Leixian Island, they originally wanted to bask in the sun, eat some whales, and by the way, they could dig bitcoin, no, it was a mine. But for the first time, they witnessed the Lei Xian Island Buzzard.
In 1828, Russian sailors came here and reported for the first time on the Leixian Island Buzzard.
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Laysan rail or Laysan crake (Porzana palmeri) is a small bird that resembles a ground-walking chicken because it does not fly. They are about 15 cm long, their beaks are about 1.8 cm long, their eyes are red, their bodies are brown, and they have wings but cannot fly. They lay 3 eggs per litter, and the hatchlings run for 5 days. So, run it bro!
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Lei Xian Island is an island with a lot of vegetation but very sunny. Therefore, the nest of the LeiXian Island Buzzard is very special, it is a kind of hollow tunnel. They use picked leaves and bird feathers to form a 15-centimeter-long tunnel. And they are usually very afraid of heat, and they will go home at noon to take a lunch break and wait until the sun is not so strong to come out.
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The main food source of the LeiXian Island Buzzard is all kinds of insects, mainly the Lei Xian Island nocturnal moth. We said above that the Lei Xian Island nocturnal moth is also extinct, which is a chicken, egg, egg, egg, chicken who comes first, which one is extinct first?
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In Lei Xian Island, the Lei Xian Island Buzzard was originally a species with almost no natural enemies, and was only occasionally preyed upon by frigate birds.
But from the moment humanity came, the sky fell.
From 1825 onwards, humans began to go to Lei Xian Island to mine and hunt whales. With the arrival of humans, the birds on the island will suffer. On the one hand, humans brought garbage, and not a few birds were choked to death after eating. On the other hand, because the Lei Xian Island buzzard is not afraid of people, it will even climb on human bodies. So from time to time they become a meal on the plate of humans, which further reduces the number of birds.
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But the above two reasons are not the main cause of the Lei Xian Island Buzzard.
In 1894, the arrival of the German Max Schlemmer completely changed the ecological balance of the island. It is because it brings domestic rabbits, hares and guinea pigs. His original intention was that since he came to the island, he had to solve the problem of eating. Rabbits breed more, so the food problem should not have to worry about it.
However, the fact is that rabbits are frantically nibbling on the island's plants, and even 26 species of plants, such as many of the island's endemic palm and sandalwood trees, have become extinct. As the plants became extinct and diminished, the island became bare. The Leixian Island nocturnal moth also became extinct because it could not find a plant to eat.
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Then the Leixian Island buzzard that feeds on the Leixian Island nocturnal moth will naturally not escape the fate of extinction.
In fact, human beings are not unaware of the problem, but after the environmental damage reaches a certain level, it is difficult to return, and it is already difficult to save.
In 1900, at the beginning of the destruction, there were more than 2,000 buzzards on Leixian Island.
By 1923, the rabbits on the island had become extinct, leaving only one-tenth of the birds and only two Of the Buzzards on Leixian Island.
The camera records the running of the last Lei Xian Island buzzard, it is still so lively that people feel sorry.
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You may think that the Lei Xian Island Buzzard is just gone.
In fact, the plot has been reversed, and visionary humans have retained the hope of the population of the LeiXian Island Buzzard.
The Tanag expedition was aware early on of the possibility of the extinction of the Buzzard on Leixian Island.
Thus, in 1891 the Lei Xian Island Buzzard was introduced to the famous Midway Island. Some of the Lei Xian Island buzzards were also introduced to Sand Island and the remaining two islands between 1906 and 1908.
And the breeding of the Lei Xian Island buzzard is very smooth.
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Seeing this, everyone is not relieved.
But for friends who know history, they have to burn the pillar incense for the Lei Xian Island buzzard.
Soon after, World War II began, and the famous Battle of Midway broke out. The fierce war destroyed Midway, and also destroyed the hope of the Leixian Island buzzard to survive.
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Isn't that also the buzzards of Sand Island? How are they?
Here, it cannot be suspected that it is the result of death's arrangement.
Before the Leixian Island buzzards were successfully transferred, human activities led to the roof rats (Rattus rattus) being brought to the sand island.
Friends who have watched "Detective Academy Q" should know that a group of detectives came to Ape Island, but found that the island was flooded with rats.
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Art comes from life, and the proliferation of rats on the island should have been a common phenomenon at that time.
Tragically, two other islands also happened to be baptized by typhoons.
As a result, our protagonist Lei Xian Island Buzzard could not escape the sanction of the God of Death and disappeared forever.
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