Black Book of humanity

After me the deluge ...
Louis XV
Unfortunately, some of the world's population lives in this way. As a result, we constantly lose all of what we have so generously rewards Earth.

Is Red Book. Of those animals, plants, which are on the verge of extinction. And there are Black Book (special pages at the end of the Red). In the book, including species that have disappeared from the face of the world from 1500 onwards. According to the 2008 World Conservation Union in the last 500 years is completely extinct 844 species of animals, destroyed thousands of plant species.

Rodriguez parrot

Inhabiting the Mascarene Islands (650 km east of Madagascar). Extinct because of hunting for him, the people attracted unusually bright feathers of a parrot.





Falkland Islands Wolf

It was the only endogenous species found in the Falkland Islands (located south east of the South American continent). In 1860, the year the island captured the Scottish colonists. Fur chanterelles came to taste, and their population began to brutally destroy: they were shot, poisoned poisons, choking gas in burrows. Chanterelles were kind and trusting, and went on contact and easily available, they can be a lure, they become tame. The last fox killed in 1876. It's only been 16 years ...



Paleopropitek

Type of lemurs, which lived in Madagascar until 1627. It weighed almost 55 kg.



Dodo

Dodo (Dodo bird of the famous stories about Alice Carroll) walked on the ground and could not fly. We live on the island of Mauritius. It completely destroyed the European colonists of the incredibly delicious meat. Imported animals (pigs, cats, monkeys) ravaged nest dodo, what contributed to their extinction.



Blue Parrot Shirokoklyuvy

As well as the dodo, I lived in Mauritius. Destroy it because of the wonderful plumage, sold, killed, were shot. Eggs devoured cats and small rodents.



Aepyornis

The giant ostrich, famous roc of the tales of Sinbad the Sailor. Eggs Aepyornis eggs are the largest birds in the last 300 years. Lived in Madagascar, he weighed almost half a ton. They lived in Africa. The latter was killed in the 1890s gg.



Caspian tiger

It was completely destroyed in 1997. He is residing in the territory of Iran, Turkey, Mongolia and the Central Asian Republics of the USSR. Russian soldiers kill him, especially to master the territory of the Caspian Sea in the early 20th century and populate it.



Bali Tiger

The Bali tiger was living in Bali, the last specimen was killed in 1937. Presumably they started killing because of the fact that man-eating tiger invaded the theory of human settlements and devouring people. It should be noted that all kinds of tigers counted 8. Three of them are no longer there (no more and Javanese).



Steller's sea cow

It dwells near the Commander Islands (200 km to the north of Kamchatka). According to resemble manatees. Meat it was incredibly delicious, did not smell of fish, and it massacred thousands. The population was very large, but still people had managed to kill all the animals. In just 30 years, mankind in the heat of greed is not taken care of to a few copies survived for posterity.



Thylacine tilatsin

Inhabited in Tasmania and New Zealand. Due to continuous shooting almost became extinct in 1863. In the early 20th century, the islands of Australia and the Pacific broke out distemper and killed the last animal. Last Thylacine seen May 13, 1930, and, of course, shot him. In captivity, he died in 1936, the last Tasmanian wolf in the zoo in Hobart. The closest relative of the wolf is the Tasmanian Devil (Tasmanian devil, Tasmanian devil). But they are already on the verge of extinction.



Great Auk

She lived on the northern islands of the Atlantic. They kill the birds for the tender and tasty meat down, and when they have almost disappeared, the birds were sold to collectors, and those made stuffed. The latter was killed in 1844.



Quagga

Quagga - zebra guard with special color: striped quagga was half and half monotonous. These horse-zebra the first to notice predators, and thus warned the flock of sheep or goats. Valued much higher than the guard dogs. Quagga called because produce sounds similar to the word. Why they were killed - a mystery. But last quagga destroyed in 1878.



Passenger pigeon

Passenger pigeon. They killed more for entertainment, even organized competitions, who is better, better and "more elegant" destroy hordes of birds. And they ate the meat was tender and sweet. And all the harm and was that the pigeons ate the harvest of fruits and berries, it was enough to drive small flocks, or make kites. But the people decided otherwise. Last dove, which even had a name Martha was killed in 1914.



Thick Crested Pigeon

Thick Crested pigeon was destroyed by cats, which were brought to the Solomon Islands people. Elegant bird lived just near Lake Choiseul in the Solomon Islands.