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Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten
FOX NEWS ^ | 2-19-2009 | FOX NEWS

Posted on 02/19/2009 5:18:44 AM PST by Westlander

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.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: bird; darwinism; eaten; extinction; food; survivaloffittest
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With ketchup.
1 posted on 02/19/2009 5:18:45 AM PST by Westlander
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To: Westlander

Tastes like chicken


2 posted on 02/19/2009 5:19:28 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Westlander
Bird Suspected to Be Extinct Photographed for First Time ... Then Eaten

So, NOW is it extinct?

3 posted on 02/19/2009 5:20:04 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Westlander

Natural selection at work.


4 posted on 02/19/2009 5:20:49 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Global leadership means never having to say you're sorry." ~IBD)
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To: Westlander

What a dodo


5 posted on 02/19/2009 5:22:27 AM PST by kanawa
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To: Westlander

Why didn’t the photographer just buy the dern thing, if he or she knew it was so rare?


6 posted on 02/19/2009 5:23:38 AM PST by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: Westlander

ROFL!


7 posted on 02/19/2009 5:24:53 AM PST by McGruff (Oh no, there goes Tokyo! Go go PORKZILLA!)
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To: Westlander

The bird is known as “Worcester’s buttonquail”. Quail with Worcester Sauce, YUM!


8 posted on 02/19/2009 5:26:10 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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Looks delicious!
9 posted on 02/19/2009 5:26:12 AM PST by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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Pretty feathers.


10 posted on 02/19/2009 5:27:38 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Global leadership means never having to say you're sorry." ~IBD)
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To: Westlander

Oh, well...no harm, no fowl.


11 posted on 02/19/2009 5:30:18 AM PST by Piranha
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To: Tax-chick

Them feathers make soft pillows.


12 posted on 02/19/2009 5:30:22 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Westlander

Rotisseried Buttonquail - NOW, and only while supplies last!


13 posted on 02/19/2009 5:31:49 AM PST by Sax
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So, NOW is it extinct?

LOL.

14 posted on 02/19/2009 5:32:13 AM PST by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)
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To: Islander7; Westlander

Small


15 posted on 02/19/2009 5:33:00 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Westlander
Great story I heard years ago between a Junior Sample of Hee Haw and a reporter. junior told him about the 9 pound bass he caught and the reporter asked if he still had it on his wall. Junior said, nope, I ate him.

(I guess you had be there)

16 posted on 02/19/2009 5:40:43 AM PST by Recon Dad (Marsoc Dad)
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To: Puppage

xcellent.


17 posted on 02/19/2009 5:41:56 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Westlander

Feather fans or some other ornament would be worth more in the market.


18 posted on 02/19/2009 5:43:45 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Global leadership means never having to say you're sorry." ~IBD)
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To: new cruelty
duck roast Pictures, Images and Photos
19 posted on 02/19/2009 5:51:22 AM PST by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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To: new cruelty

They should find out where it was nesting. Pickled quail eggs are delicious.


20 posted on 02/19/2009 6:01:28 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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