"Extinct" Bird Seen, Photographed, Eaten

Galvasean

Couldn't have just had some chicken no?

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

A TV crew documented the live bird in the market (above) before it was sold in January, according to the Agence France-Press news agency.

Michael Lu, president of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, told AFP the bird's demise should inspire a "local consciousness" about the region's threatened wildlife.

"What if this was the last of its species?" Lu said.

However, the buttonquail is from a "notoriously cryptic and unobtrusive family of birds," according to the nonprofit Birdlife International, so the species may survive undetected in other regions.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090218-extinct-bird-photo.html

Ardscoil Ris

I bet it was fúcking delicious.

portomar

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

I bet it was fúcking delicious.

yea its happened before

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

First they go after the swans, now the rare quails? Is there no stopping these polish???*


*This is a joke, I love the polish.

Galvasean

I wonder what other delicious foods extinction has robbed us of?
Would love to try those giant (from a dinosaur?) ribs as seen in the Flintstones.

Wibbs

Probably tasted like chicken.

what if it was the last of it's species?

it was gonna be extinct pretty fekin soon so if my knowledge of the birds and the bees is correct..

Turd Ferguson

People eat the weirdest things in foreign countries. It doesnt matter to them that the bird is near extinct. It's stupid really... now if ye dont mind I'd like to get back to my Baby P Ribs

murrayp4

Sounds like a headline from "The Onion"

Rented Mule

Van Fresh Backup wrote: »

*This is a joke, I love the polish.

They taste like Chicken too.

An Fear Aniar

What I really want is a Komodo Dragon steak. Yum! Anyone seen that movie "The Freshman"? Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick are in it. All these rich people had a secret club where they dined on the world's rarest species.:)


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00112984

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I'd like to get back to my Baby P Ribs

Too soon, man, too soon.

Galvasean

00112984 wrote: »

Too soon, man, too soon.

Not too soon, just too blatantly looking for knee-jerk reactions and people to click the 'thanks' button.

Capt'n Midnight

An Fear Aniar wrote: »

All these rich people had a secret club where they dined on the world's rarest species.:)

That pretty much describes China

Rory123

If the TV crew at the market knew what it was, then why didn't they just buy it to save it from being eaten. Oh wait I see they are French, they probably did buy it to eat it.