Tastes Like Chicken.
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Tastes Like Chicken.
PETA is gonna be ____ed! 
Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten
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.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,496046,00.html
Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten
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.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,496046,00.html
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Now here's the part I don't get: "a television crew documented the live bird in the market before it was sold in January."
They obviously knew it was rare. Why else would a TV crew bother to film it? That being the case, you would think someone in the tv crew would have $3 in his pocket to just BUY the bird!
They obviously knew it was rare. Why else would a TV crew bother to film it? That being the case, you would think someone in the tv crew would have $3 in his pocket to just BUY the bird!
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Because people are dumb...
It's a shame that people dont care a little more about the survival of species...
I am an animal lover from the bottom of my heart.... PETA can kiss my A.
There has to be more than that one. The National Geographic article said that they are very recluse and there very well could be more living in remote locations... maybe that one just wandered too far....
It's a shame that people dont care a little more about the survival of species...
I am an animal lover from the bottom of my heart.... PETA can kiss my A.
There has to be more than that one. The National Geographic article said that they are very recluse and there very well could be more living in remote locations... maybe that one just wandered too far....
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Things work differently in the P.I. People are more concerned with making sure they have enough money to literally survive the next day than be concerned with the survival of a bird species. In other words...
"Nagugutom ako kce eh!"
"Nagugutom ako kce eh!"
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