Subject: extinction catches up with rare bird upon its discovery
Date: Oct 27 08:12:38 2003
From: Devorah A. N. Bennu - nyneve at amnh.org



hey tweets,

if this story doesn't illustrate (terribly) the relationship between
humanity and everything else that inhabits the planet, well, i assume
that nothing can. this is the story of a rare finch that was just
discovered in venezuela. it was discovered just as its only known
habitat was destroyed by a power plant. also keep in mind that there
are at least ten new species of fish that lived in this same habitat,
and who knows how many other creatues that we did not yet (and may
never) discover;

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

regards,

Devorah A. N. Bennu, PhD
email:nyneve at amnh.org or nyneve at myUW.net
work page http://research.amnh.org/ornithology/personnel/bennu.htm
personal pages http://research.amnh.org/users/nyneve/