February 20, 2009

Tastes like... Chicken?

From National Geographic News:
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: "Extinct" Bird Seen, Eaten

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A rare quail from the Philippines was photographed for the first time before being sold as food at a poultry market, experts say.

Found only on the island of Luzon, Worcester's buttonquail was known solely through drawings based on dated museum specimens collected several decades ago.

Scientists had suspected the species�listed as "data deficient" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's 2008 Red List�was extinct.
There are new species being discovered every week and since people thought this critter was extinct, there haven't been people out looking for it. Posted by DaveH at February 20, 2009 2:33 PM
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