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Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, died 100 years ago today (1 PM, Sept 1, 1914) at the Cincinnati Zoo.
"The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." -- William Beebe, The Bird
"Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal." - E.O.Wilson
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