alphacyberranger to World [email protected]English • 2 years agoPrehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wildwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1234cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1234external-linkPrehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wildwww.theguardian.comalphacyberranger to World [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoSo we were aware they weren’t completely extinct since we were keeping a few around? The title makes it seem like it just popped up and was a complete surprise.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years ago Once thought extinct. Before some were found, they were thought to be extinct.
minus-squareLifeBandit666linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoI’m sure when they were rediscovered, it was a complete surprise.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years ago“South Island takahē were dramatically rediscovered in 1948 by Geoffrey Orbell in an isolated valley in the South Island’s Murchison Mountains” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahē
So we were aware they weren’t completely extinct since we were keeping a few around? The title makes it seem like it just popped up and was a complete surprise.
Before some were found, they were thought to be extinct.
I’m sure when they were rediscovered, it was a complete surprise.
“South Island takahē were dramatically rediscovered in 1948 by Geoffrey Orbell in an isolated valley in the South Island’s Murchison Mountains”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahē