Comments on: New Debate Over Luneau Footage

By: redneck rick

redneck rick — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:05:46 +0000

all i know is that after that video there was people all over that swamp looking for that bird, sure did mess up my deer hunt that year.

By: Muskie Murawski

Muskie Murawski — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:13:29 +0000

I dont get it thats a pretty good image, why the uncertainty?

By: dogu4

dogu4 — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:21:43 +0000

Well, if it turns out to be a false alarm, there is a silver lining. It’s heightened our attention to the issues of conservation and demonstrated that it’s one in which the public has great interest. It’s shown small communities that may have never given much thought to eco-tourism, that birders, natualists, photographers, and all sorts of regular folk with a passion for wild places bring good opportunities to their towns, and not just shut down economic developement. Even people who might never have given the environment much thought might now be finding themselves taking extra interest in the backyard birdfeeder.
And, it is an important lesson on how the scientific community (ornithologists, ecologists, biophysicists and even acoustic electronic engineers) use scientific techniques and logic to support their points, sometimes vehemently, and sometimes unkind things are said, but ultimately the reality is supported and we’re all a bit better off.

By: graybear

graybear — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:39:03 +0000

I can’t wait until they start arguing about whether the 8.6 wingbeats per second (or whatever) are precise enough and will they have to slice and dice the video even further, arguing over whether its actually 8.65 or 8.59 wbps. Hasn’t anyone ever heard of individual variation within species? If some future scientist came upon their remains, would Shaq O’Neal and (midget actor) Billy Barty be placed into different species?

Although I am definitely non-kill on the sasquatch issue, this is a pretty good run-up for any sas evidence which doesn’t have a body (alive or dead) attached. Photos and videos are just not enough for people who won’t let go their own preconceptions.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:41:52 +0000

I find it incredibly amusing that a kayaker seeing it was enough to put this species back on the map. I do not know the whole sequence of events in any great detail, but I find it to be remarkable how little was required for this species to be declared as not extinct yet. Somehow I don’t think a kayaker seeing, say, a thylacine, would have the same impact.

By: Atticus

Atticus — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:37:34 +0000

This is starting to resemble the Parrot sketch from Monty Python.

By: kittenz

kittenz — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:36:53 +0000

No, it is a fourth-dimensional entity that flits back and forth at will just to tantalize us.

By: Atticus

Atticus — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:35:22 +0000

This is sad. I’m hoping there are some still out there. But the way this is going, eventually we will have something like the Monty Python Parrot sketch.

By: busterggi

busterggi — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:20:04 +0000

I confess!

I wore the woodpecker costume in the film and for the photos.

By: Scarfe

Scarfe — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:58:53 +0000

The Ivory Bill video is obviously a hoax. Anyone can see that its just a man in a suit.