World's rarest duck near extinction - Democratic Underground

Barrett808

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Fri Aug-28-09 10:59 AM
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World's rarest duck near extinction

The Madagascar pochard, the world's rarest duck, was already thought to be extinct once. After a last sighting in 1991 the species was thought to have vanished until nine adults and four hatchlings were discovered in 2006. However, conservationists have begun to fear that the species will never recover after a survey this year found only six females. ...

http://desdemonadespair.blogspot.com/2009/08/world-rarest-duck-near-extinction.html

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enid602

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Fri Aug-28-09 11:25 AM
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1. didn´t know

I didn´t know Lindsey Graham was ill.

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