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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_use_of_fire_in_ecosystems
TIL many Native American tribes used fire for thousands of years to manage forest brush for small game hunting as well as creating grasslands for big game to be hunted. This resulted in many species of plants, animals, and fungi to become extinct as the forest became a fire-adapted ecosystem.
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They still do this in my neck of the woods. Also do it to mow the grass in ditches and what not.
Good thing Europeans almost extincted em huh? Now we get to have disease and Starbucks and social media influencers instead!
Edit: /s (in case you’re a fucking idiot)
Some just want to watch the world burn.