Seemed Like a Good Idea: Eugene Schieffelin and the European Starlings

In which John discusses the history of bird liberation movements in the United States, and how one amateur ornithologist (and possible Shakespeare enthusiast?) reshaped the biodiversity of a continent.

The beautiful video of a murmuration of common starlings:

What ideas do we currently have that are as bad as Eugene Schiefferlin's European Starling idea? Probably quite a few . . .

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