Extinction

"Write two connected haikus on an extinct animal". But once I started reading about all the extinct animals I couldn't limit myself to one, so here are six double haikus on six fascinating animals from the past, distant and more recent.

Wooly mammoth last roamed 10000 years ago, extinct through climate change and possibly being hunted

Ice age art muse

Adorning cave dwellings

Tusks as canvases

Grass munching

Fur covered behemoth

Mammoth, literally

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Dodo flightless bird of Mauritius hunted to extinction within 70 years of discovery

No need to fly

Content on it's Island

Then we came along

Hunted for dinner

By man and their animals

No hope to survive

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Stellers Sea Cow hunted to extinction within 27 years of discovery. Relative of manatee.

Stellers Sea Cow

Complex communication

Social animal

Easy source of food

Hunted to extinction

Within three decades

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The final Great Auk were killed in Scotland because they were believed to be witches causing storms

The Great Auk

Unconnected to penguins

Genus Pinguinus

Thought to be witches

Causing devastating storms

Killed by Scotsmen

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Baiji White Dolphin, also called the Chinese River Dolphin - none have been seen in the Yangtze River since 2002

Baiji White Dolphin

Goddess of protection

Unprotected

Human action

Industrial advancement

Rapid extinction

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West African Black Rhinoceros was declared extinct in 2011

Western black rhino

Poached for their horn alone

Complete tragedy

Tragic trading

For Chinese medicine

Caused extinction

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Photos and facts provided by one kind planet https://onekindplanet.org/to…/top-10-worlds-extinct-animals/