“Extinct” Bird Seen, Eaten

Sea cows were supposedly delicious. I bet manatees are just as good. Plus they’re trusting and slow-moving. That would be a good starting point, chrome.

This would be a good time to remind everyone that 99.5% of all species that have ever lived are extinct. Still, there’s no excuse for d-baggery like this.

“Extinct” Bird Seen, eaten, declared actually extinct.

That’s so horrible that they ate it.

“I can buy this and eat it, or I can starve…”

I doubt that was the only bird in the poultry market.

I seem to recall a story where Charles Darwin (who was part of a club that ate exotic/endangered species in college) spent a lot of time looking for a rare bird only to discover he’d eaten it the night before. The specimen they ended up sending back was made up of his leftovers.

@ Marissa – So better to starve then? Are you willing to volunteer to be the one to starve and send your food to people who don’t have a ridiculously large assortment of edibles to choose from on a daily basis?

Uh…i mean first DISCOVERED Coelacanth..

(there probably weren’t taxidermists when the VERY first one was around)

Ditto on loving quail. Mmm Saddest thing about a delicious well prepared quail? So..Darn…Tiny! The size is soo tiny you’d need like 4 of them to really feel full. But alas, thats just the way it is with most “gourmet” food. Rich on flavor and presentation, but itty bitty portions.

4 all the people saying that these people would have starved, don’t you think they would’ve added that? I’m sure they could’ve put some additional detailing to the entire thing. And seriously, what idiot displays a bird on camera and then sells it to a poultry market? That seems cruel to me……..
“Here we have a very odd looking bird on TV, and now we will sell it to a poultry market.”