Dave Boyle
Well-known member
Why did they become extinct Dave?
At the time people weren't too sure - the timing apparently didn't really fit the arrival of the ants but nobody had a better theory. The bats were still common until mid-80's then just vanished.
The Shrew is even more fascinating - it was thought to be extinct by the start of the 20th Century then storms in the mid 80's brought down some of the huge trees Abbott's Boobies breed in & two had shrews in them - so then people started looking high in the trees and none have ever been found since!