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Wildflower Thought Extinct Found in Calif. State Park

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Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-26 00:05|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I bought a book a good few years ago on extinct birds. On the cover was the ivory billed woodpecker and the pink headed duck (from Bangla Desh). Both have turned up alive and pecking or quacking (respectively) in the last year. At this rate, I still have hopes for the dodo.
On the subject of extinct plants, one of the big mysteries was the ancestry of wheat. It is a hybrid of several plants, but a crucial one was unknown, presumed extinct. An Israeli botanist finally found it growing on a vacant lot on the grounds of his University.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Posted by Grunter 2005-05-26 00:39|| 2005-05-26 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope Saber-Toothed Tigers STAY extinct....sure hate to wrestle one of those on the trail.

Posted by Minni Mullah 2005-05-26 01:07|| 2005-05-26 01:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I imagine an elephant gun would work for saber-toothed tigers, too. And what a pretty thing to add to your collection!

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-26 01:48|| 2005-05-26 01:48|| Front Page Top

#4 As long as you don't end up in his collection...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-05-26 02:17|| 2005-05-26 02:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Grunter is right. Over the last 100 to 150 years the bulk of the loses have been localized or island variants of species that survive elsewhere. The main exception is here in Australia where feral animals have devastated native animals under 5 kilos and cats (along with foxes and cane toads) are the main cause.

Posted by phil_b 2005-05-26 05:04|| 2005-05-26 05:04|| Front Page Top

#6 I saw a woolly mammoth the other day, does that count?

Posted by BA">BA 2005-05-26 08:04|| 2005-05-26 08:04|| Front Page Top

#7 BA - was it pink?

Posted by Spot">Spot 2005-05-26 08:48|| 2005-05-26 08:48|| Front Page Top

#8 No. A good American like yourself.

/BA

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-26 09:59|| 2005-05-26 09:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, Ship, it was a pink Woolly Mammoth in San Fran. At some "protest rally" methinks, yeah, that's the ticket!

Posted by BA">BA 2005-05-26 15:04|| 2005-05-26 15:04|| Front Page Top

#10 I bet it was pulling a pink tank, right?

Posted by .com 2005-05-26 16:24|| 2005-05-26 16:24|| Front Page Top

#11 ...pink tank w/ pink condom. >:]

Posted by fidel Castro st. 2005-05-26 17:09|| 2005-05-26 17:09|| Front Page Top

#12 Disposing of stray cats and dogs was sop where I grew up in MI for those same reasons phil.

Posted by Chase Unineger3873 aka Jarhead 2005-05-26 20:35|| 2005-05-26 20:35|| Front Page Top

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