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'Extinct' Cockatoo Rediscovered in Indonesia

Posted October 23, 2008 9:18 AM

From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel:

A species of cockatoo feared to have become extinct has been "rediscovered" with the sighting of a handful of breeding pairs on a remote Indonesian island, researchers said Thursday. Ten Yellow-crested Abbott's cockatoos were found on the Masalembu archipelago off Java island, the Indonesian Cockatoo Conservation group said.

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10/24/2008 8:29 AM

And they had to go and divulge the location...wow, was that ever a smart move! Let's see how long they last now...

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10/24/2008 2:13 PM

Obviously it wasn't extinct.

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10/24/2008 3:24 PM

Reminds me of Monty Python - "I'm not dead yet!"

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11/07/2008 10:00 PM

The local tribesmen have probably located and eaten those fat birds by now.

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