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Mark
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An interesting read so far - part Victorian Icelandic travelogue and part history of science essay with occasional detours into anthropology.
Fascinating and bizarre to imagine that in the 1800s people thought it was impossible for a species to become extinct due to non-divine reasons. Love the idea of extinct species actually just hiding somewhere 🤦♂️😂
— Aug 16, 2026 07:02AM
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Fascinating and bizarre to imagine that in the 1800s people thought it was impossible for a species to become extinct due to non-divine reasons. Love the idea of extinct species actually just hiding somewhere 🤦♂️😂
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Sometimes your close male friend dies before the two of you complete your dream of writing a massive book about great auks together, so you have to dedicate the rest of your life to writing up a huge account of his egg collection, and then get pissy when someone else writes the big auk book you had planned to write with your bestie before you had the chance to
— Dec 12, 2025 12:08PM
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