The Passenger Pigeon Extinction

Recently, DNA testing has been employed to create a genetic database of endangered animal species. Using this information, scientists have even cloned animals.

In the articles “The Great Bird Poop Disaster" and "How to Solve the Problem of Bird Poop" both by Anna Starecheski. It talks about how there is a huge problem with birds coating our cities and streets is gooey, slippery piles of white and black poop, but is there a solution of some of the maney problems caused by this epidemic. In the article “The Great Bird Poop Disaster” it talks about how there are a lot of problems that are caused by bird poop, one is that it has acid in it so it is corrosive. In the article, it says “At the center of a bird dropping is a black substance; that is poop. The white, gloppy stuff is the urine, which consists mainly of uric acid. Uric acid is corrosive. That means it can eat away at the surfaces of buildings and bridges. Bird poop can also ruin everything from the paint on your mom’s car to your favorite T-shirt. In the U.S., pigeons cause about $1.1 billion in damages every year.” (Starecheski 18). This shows that this isn't just a little inconveniences, no it's a big deal that if it is not fixed soon the U.S will be deeper in debt than bird poop. This is why squinted across the world are trying to find a solution to this problem that spreads across the world. In the article "How to Solve the Problem of Bird Poop" It talks about some of the solutions that we have tried and some that we still use to try to get some of the birds to leave. In the article, it says “Placing spikes on window ledges, bridges, fences, and other areas where birds

Written in an era native to the author, poetry invokes the feelings, struggles, and daily life of those that are encased by that world. Society as a whole grows exponentially and influences from the past and present create a ‘perfect storm’ for emotional turmoil, therefore the need for poetry is necessary. Shown in varying forms, these emotional reactions, including shifts, allusions, and other thought-provoking literary techniques provide depth to any literary work. In the poem “No More Birds”, Ari Banias uses pessimistic repetition and a shift from 3rd person to 1st person point of view to convey birds as civilizations duplication, which leads to the central idea that society may create unattainable beauty standards.

In nature, there are cases where species go extinct due to humans or for uncontrollable reasons. Recent scientific development has allowed a new idea called de-extinction the act of cloning extinct species using DNA samples from the past and biotechnology. However, extinct species should not be brought back to existence as the idea of de-extinction diverts attention and funding from protecting many endangered species that can still thrive in their environment. Another issue that arises with de-extinction is that resurrected species could become pests in their new environment.

In the article “the great bird poop disaster” and “How to solve the problem of bird poop” both by Anna starecheski the elaborate that there are many problems of bird poop and there's many solutions. For example in the article “the great bird poop disaster” She talks about how bird poop can ruin many stuff because it has uric acid in it. “Bird poop can also ruin everything from the paint on your mom's car to your favorite t-shirt.”(starecheski 18). This shows that bird poop is a problem and can be very dangerous if lots of it builds up it can break or destroy many things we love. On the other hand a solution is provided in the article” how to solve the problem of bird poop” because it Gives examples of how we can stop the bird population

In the essay, "The Bothersome Beauty of Pigeons," Bruce Ballenger initially compares the street vendors in one of Florence's piazzas to the urban pigeons we are so familiar with. He elogently describes the vendors as marvelous spectacles who add culture and life to urban areas. While they are considered a neusance to a lot of people, they also hold a certain beauty. They are much like the pigeons, and there seems to be a war against both the illegal street vendors and the city pigeon. It is a war where there are no hearts involved. The police almost turn a blind eye toward the illegal act of vending without a liscense, much like the average person tolerates the pigeon. I think that Ballenger's

James was introduced to the local clubs and Roller competitions in his early forties. He refers to the period before this time as his “backyard flying years.” “Before I met Larry Pridmore and acquired his pedigreed Pensom birds, a guy named Paul Porter, who was from Orangeburg, South Carolina, would come by my house every so often with his pickup truck carrying full crates of live poultry animals. This was the same guy that Tony bought the mother of Shooting Star from and called her the Orangeburg Hen. Anyway, when Paul came by, if I had any Rollers that I wanted to get rid of, Paul would trade me some. Most of these birds that I got from him were not banded. There were also few other local pigeon breeders that I bought or traded birds with,

Bernardino de Sahagún was a Franciscan priest who lived in the New Spain after the Spanish conquest, arriving in 1529. One of his most notable works is the Florentine Codex, which is a study of central Mesoamerican religions (Carrasco 2014:33). He worked closely with surviving members of these cultures in order to compile this encyclopedia of culture and beliefs. The Florentine Codex is a key document that informs the study of pre-conquest Mesoamerica to this day. Furthermore, he is considered one of the first anthropologists.

Could birds be the closest relative there is to a dinosaur? Well they have said to of survived the comet that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs as they were able to hang in the skies out of danger. Another common feature that birds have over mammals and other animals is that they are egg laying just like reptiles and discoveries show that the eggs have the same micro structure. Palaeontologists compared the skeletal characteristics of dinosaur skeletons and bird skeletons and saw that both had many common traits. Hollow, thin walled bones, S shaped curved neck, 4 toed but only supported by three main toes and many

According to Martin’s perspectives he has indicated that extinction swept the way approximately half of 200 species of large mammals, for example, anteaters and sloths in the last 50,000 years, late in Quaternary. By establishing dates from the fossils of different, the author believes species went extinct and whether the extinction was sudden or gradual.

In 1813 a man by the name of John James Audubon witnessed a beautiful sight. Pigeons filled the skies of Ohio. Men and boys would shoot at the pigeons and the number decreased significantly. In 2003, Spanish and French scientists were focused on a wild goat named the bucardo. When the last bucardo died they tried to clone it, but it died after birth. Scientists have been trying to brink extinct animals back by using the preserved DNA. The most famous attempt is to bring back the Wolly Mammoth by using the preserved DNA found in chunks in Siberia. The use the Mammoth’s DNA and mix it with that of an elephant, the mammoth’s most closest living

De-extinction is finally emerging and being more widely spoken about as scientists and engineers plan the process of bringing back the passenger pigeon. This can create a multitude of problems for the planet. De-extinction is the process in which a species is replicated or made similar

From the common ancestor to organisms as complex as the Bonobo, certain species have changed to the point where they cannot be seen as related to their ancestors at all. The Bonobo (Pan paniscus), the Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), the domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris), the Rhinoceros (Rhinocerotidae), Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus), Lion(Panthera leo), and American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) are all prime examples of organisms that are all related to one common ancestor.

revert back to square one, the common rock pigeon. Darwin eventually formed the argument that natural selection is the best at forming matches, as those who make poor mating choices will produce offspring that may not survive or reproduce, while individuals who make wise mating choices will produce offspring that is fit enough to survive and reproduce. It was important that individuals learned to discriminate against the old line and breed with the new one. Darwin noticed this discrimination with pigeons but not so much with his famed finches. Mating season among Darwin’s finches is met by a sort of ritual performed by the finches who are ready to mate. A male sings from his singing post to advertise himself to females. If a female comes he flies to her to examine her, to make sure she is one of his own kind. He flies to a nest he built and goes in and out, occasionally picking up some grass. If the female hops toward him a “sex chase” ensues, in which the male chases the female around his territory. In the rare occasion a male and female of the wrong species have courted each other, one of them will break it off. The finches typically have a very good ability to tell each other part despite looking ,mostly the same and all having the same way of courting. One slightly distinct thing is the male finch’s song, as there are typically two versions. Laurene Ratcliffe has been able to find that the finch’s songs have very subtle deviations. These deviations are usually passed

remain, the large flightless bird Genyornis newtoni is one of the many animals that extinct by the