Newly found bird loses only known habitat

[Shyriath]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/10/23/venezuela.bird.reut/index.html

U.K.-based BirdLife International, which unites conservation groups worldwide, said the species was first spotted on Carrizal Island, an uninhabited islet on the Caroni river in biodiverse southeastern Venezuela, in July 2001.

It took two years for researchers to conclude the bird, of which three examples were found, was a new species. They called it the Carrizal Seedeater.

In that time, the bird's habitat of thickets of spiny bamboo on the island were razed as part of the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam, Birdlife International said in a statement Wednesday sent to Reuters.

Although the island was the only known habitat of the Carrizal Seedeater, the bamboo it lives in is apparently also found in the surrounding river basin, so it's possible that there are birds surviving undetected in the area.

[dfong63]

1. a comforting conclusion!

Although the island was the only known habitat of the Carrizal Seedeater, the bamboo it lives in is apparently also found in the surrounding river basin, so it's possible that there are birds surviving undetected in the area.

that's a comforting thought. and let's all remember too, that if people screw up this planet too badly to sustain life, there are billions and billions of other planets out there, so in all likelihood there is other human-habitat somewhere in the universe, and it's possible that some human-like species will survive there.

[Wickerman]

2. Undetected, I hope

[Shyriath]

3. Woohoo!

You go, non-planet-destroying human-like things! :yourock: