Comments on: Extinct Bird Found, Photographed & Then Eaten

By: cryptid

cryptid — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:01:45 +0000

I bet it was a tasty bird

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:34:09 +0000

youcantryreachingme- I don’t think there was enough meat on that thing to keep anyone alive.

I sympathize with a hunter wanting to feed his family, but I think what people are getting at here is that the bird would have been worth much more to one who caught it if he had kept it alive.

I am under the impression that this farmer simply didn’t know any better. It is not as if these people are necessarily going to be up to date on all of their orthinology knowledge. If he had known how important the bird was, he might have kept it alive since he’d be aware of the chance of getting a lot more money for it, I imagine.

I suppose he might have thought the bird was strange (after all, he took the time to take a photo) but how was he to know this could be the last of it’s kind? I think the guy likely made an honest, if unfortunate, mistake.

By: youcantryreachingme

youcantryreachingme — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:02:58 +0000

I suspected the bird that was photographed was not the same as in the illustrations – the beak shape does not match – but then, the species names gives that away too.

However, I am aghast at the ignorance of those saying “how could they eat such a precious bird??” It would be like me saying to you – “I can’t believe it. You actually feed your children? Are you kidding me? What? You want them to *survive* or something?”

I think that answers the question. It’s like asking how third world farmers on the poverty line could possibly chop down internationally valuable forests for the sake of a few measly dollars. Fact is those few pennys keep those families alive.

Chris.

By: Gillian72crypto

Gillian72crypto — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:37:33 +0000

How could anyone eat such a precious bird? Does anyone kown how many exist? If you do please write back!

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:54:41 +0000

I am sorry, but why would anyone take a picture of something and then sell it to a place where you know it is going to end up as food?! Find a bird society and hold it for ransom. By the way, that is the tiniest “quail” I have ever seen. There is nothing to eat. Ever hear of “too small must throw back?”
Nice star trek image above. I’m with Picard.

By: billwrtr

billwrtr — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:33:59 +0000

Any word on how it tasted?

By: twas brillig

twas brillig — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:26:44 +0000

“However, the buttonquail is from a “notoriously cryptic and unobtrusive family of birds,” according to the nonprofit Birdlife International”

Is this sentence containing a double meaning? I wonder…

“Operation Mockingbird was a secret Central Intelligence Agency campaign to influence domestic and foreign media beginning in the 1950s.” wickedpedia

BLUEBIRD was the cryptonym for a CIA program involving special interrogation methods, including the use of drugs, hypnosis, and isolation. It lasted from 1949 to 1950 when it was renamed “ARTICHOKE”, and would eventually become the infamous MKULTRA.” wickedpedia

By: courage

courage — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:32:40 +0000

Am I the only one who wonders what they taste like?

Last one, chances that the last one would be randomly photographed is very slim.

We know that the locals set traps for these birds specifically which to me indicated they feel they will be catching some. If we accept my last statement as true then it sounds like there must be a large population of these birds in the locality.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:04:06 +0000

It is truly tragic.

We may never know if it was the last species or not. Hopefully more will be found.

Maslo63: In its own way, that was funny. And grimly true if right.
I’m not as amused as ARO but I do see some of the humor. I’m just not rolling on the floor laughing.

By: mtizard

mtizard — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:15:10 +0000

Once again, The Onion gets there ahead of real life... New Delicious Species Discovered