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[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Really? A species that was hunted to extinction after humans entered North America, and you think their ecological niche was eating humans?

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They weren't hunted into extinction, their megafauna prey was. Humans outcompeted them