If nothing waste. Cure for cancer...thank you bird.

That was to prevent imaginary animals from inclusion in scientific work.

It was also common for zoologists to "collect" specimens to build 'museums' of study skins and skeletal remains for further research.

There are now photographic work-arounds to the type specimen for animals considered rare and endangered. And a bit of blood can provide DNA which when cloned can give a biologists working material for many types of systematic/evolutionary and biochemical studies.

Animals are mortal and often belong to populations with large rates of natural turnover. There is an argument that for most populations collecting specimens results in deaths that are compensatory within ecosystems where predation and disease act in density-dependent ways--increasing rates when populations increase, and decreasing rates of predation and disease when populations decrease. So losses from collecting are argued to have little impact because they reduce these other population pressures. Obviously, when dealing with something very rare, in a small population, where every member is critical to species survival, that is likely not true.

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Barney Hill thought of the rabbits he'd hunt as a kid on that night in New Hampshire.

Nothing. Stupid humans.

And stuff to do science.

For the Man and the company, $cience.

they could have banded the bird and learned a lot more

if you're a biologist, you kill living creatures. its what you do.(borrowed from gieco)

one of the reasons i got out of the biz and got more involved with computers and info management. too much damn killing. and they don't learn a damn thing. except how to squeeze more grant money out of suckers. one of the biggest rackets going.

rip, beautiful bird

Idiots.

I hope the next bird Mr. Filardi encounters is this one: