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Steller's cow - the disappeared view of the squad of sirens

На протяжении всего многовекового существования Our planet many species of plants and animals have appeared and disappeared. Some of them died out due to unfavorable habitat conditions, climate change, etc., but most died at the hands of humans. Steller's cow, or rather the story of its extermination, became a vivid example of human cruelty and short-sightedness, because with such speed with which this mammal was destroyed, not a single living creature on earth was destroyed.

Steller's cow
Supposed to be the biggest cowexisted many millennia ago. At one time, its habitat covered a large part of the North Pacific, the animal was found near the Commander and Aleutian Islands, Japan, Sakhalin, Kamchatka. North of Manati could not live, because it needs warmer waters, and it was destroyed to the south thousands of years ago. After the glaciers melted, the sea level rose, and the Steller's cow was transferred from the continents to the islands, which allowed it to survive until the 18th century, when the Commander Islands were inhabited by people.

The animal is named after the scientist-encyclopedistSteller, who discovered this species in 1741. The mammal was very calm, harmless and friendly. Its weight was about 5 tons, and the length of the body reached 8 m. The fat of the cow was especially valued, its thickness was in the width of the human palm, it had a rather pleasant taste and did not spoil completely even in the heat. The meat resembled beef, only a little denser, ascribed healing properties to it. The skin was used for upholstery boats.

cow skeleton
Steller's cow died because of hergullibility and excessive philanthropy. She constantly ate seaweed, therefore, swimming near the shore, she kept her head under water and her body from above. Therefore, it was possible to calmly sail to her on the boat and even stroke her. If it hurt the animal, it sailed from the shore, but soon returned again, forgetting past insults.

Охотились на коров сразу около 30 человек, потому that the unfortunates rested, and they were difficult to pull ashore. When injured, the mammal breathed heavily and moaned, if relatives were nearby, they tried to help, turned the boat over and beat their tails on the rope. Sad as it may seem, but the Steller's cow has been destroyed in less than three decades since the discovery of the species. Already in 1768, the last representative of this good-natured sea dweller disappeared.

the biggest cow
Disputes continue today between scientistsabout the habitat of this mammal. Some argue that Stellerian cows lived only near the islands of Medniy and Bering, others bowed to the idea that they were found in the region of Alaska and the Far East. But the evidence of the second assumption is not so much, it is either corpses thrown out by the sea, or conjectures of local residents. But still the skeleton of a cow was found on the island of Attu.

Whatever it was, but Steller's cow wasexterminated by man. There are still manatees and dugongs from the squad of sirens today, but they are on the verge of extinction. Constant poaching, water pollution, changes in the natural habitat, deadly injuries from ships - all this reduces the number of these wonderful animals every year.

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