Talk:Norfolk pigeon

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Did you know... that although the Norfolk Island Pigeon was hunted to extinction by humans, its first hunters disappeared from Norfolk Island before it did?

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I did not knopw that weasels had been introduced to the island. They are certainly not present now. Can this be checked and sourced please? Maias (talk) 10:29, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Encyclopedia of Vanished Species says this. It's already cited. Wily D 19:10, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]