The depressing part is how "invisible" this extinction rate is to most people. It's happening just slowly enough to barely register in people's memories.
Imagine never hearing any birds chirping outside, something we had been witnessing here in Vienna - a silent but profound feeling of horror when I first realized it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usutu_virus
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The depressing part is how "invisible" this extinction rate is to most people. It's happening just slowly enough to barely register in people's memories.
Imagine never hearing any birds chirping outside, something we had been witnessing here in Vienna - a silent but profound feeling of horror when I first realized it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usutu_virus