The Meat Shop: Venison (MauiNui Axis Venison)

Because the Hawaiian archipelago is so remote, any plants or animals that arrived prior to humans, carried by wind or water, were only successfully established at the rate of one new species every 25,000 to 50,000 years. Hawaiian species evolved and co-evolved over millennia and are now as incredibly unique as they are extraordinarily vulnerable. By contrast, human-accelerated new alien species colonization now occurs at the rate of once every 18 days. Hand-in-hand with high rates of endemism, Hawaiʻi is now home to more endangered species per square mile than anywhere else on the planet.