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Offline Chris_

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Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten
« on: February 19, 2009, 11:59:50 AM »
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A bird suspected to be extinct was reportedly photographed for the first time in the Philippines, and then sold to a poultry market as food.

Worcester's buttonquail was known only through illustrations based on decades-old museum specimens until a television crew documented the live bird in the market before it was sold in January, NationalGeographic.com reported.

Scientists had suspected the bird, found only on the island of Luzon, to be extinct, according to NationalGeographic.com.

Wild Bird Club of the Philippines President Michael Lu, told the Agence France-Press news agency that it’s unfortunate that the locals aren't more conscious of the threatened wildlife around them.

"What if this was the last of its species?" he said.

Eh, tasted just like spotted owl.

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Re: Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2009, 12:04:34 PM »
If they where so concerned, why didn't they buy it themselves?
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Re: Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2009, 01:19:25 PM »
Well, if it was the last of the species.......then now it's extinct and we're right back where we started, eh?

Plus someone got a nice Worcester's buttonquail dinner.

Everybody wins.


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Re: Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2009, 05:08:11 PM »
Quote from: djones520 on February 19, 2009, 12:04:34 PM
If they where so concerned, why didn't they buy it themselves?
I belive it was Robin Williams who, after viewing a commercial soliciting money for "hungry children in Africa and South America", asked, why didn't someone on the camera crew hand that kid a sammich"?
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Re: Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2009, 05:29:14 PM »
Damn..............I thought this was gonna be about the Bunny uprising
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« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2009, 09:02:36 AM »
Did anyone bother to find out if it tasted like chicken?
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Re: Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2009, 10:42:04 AM »
Quote from: lug-nut on February 19, 2009, 05:08:11 PM
I belive it was Robin Williams who, after viewing a commercial soliciting money for "hungry children in Africa and South America", asked, why didn't someone on the camera crew hand that kid a sammich"?


Actually it was Sam Kinison on one of Rodney Dangerfield's first HBO comedy specials.  One of the Best. Rants. Evah.
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