The meme brilliantly contrasts stereotypical emotional triggers. While girls are depicted crying over romantic movies, guys are shown mourning something far more profound - the extinction of the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird, whose final mating call was recorded in 1987. That haunting recording captures the male bird singing to a mate that would never answer back, as it was the last of its species. It's the ultimate scientific heartbreak - a creature's final evolutionary dead end captured in audio. Men don't cry at Titanic? Please. We're over here devastated by actual ecological tragedy and the permanent loss of biodiversity.
The Last Song That Broke Scientists' Hearts
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