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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So... a predator it was unfamiliar with and had no defense against?

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You do understand there was humans in Africa before white colonialists showed up, right?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

You do understand that, unlike most wild animals, humans change at a much faster rate, right?

The point isn't "humans did this (though admittedly I did throw a little jab in there)", the point is "drastically changing an environment can have devastating consequences".