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Desperate bid to save finches that changed the world

To: Peter Shute <>
Subject: Desperate bid to save finches that changed the world
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:14:32 +1000
Peter,

I think it may be a case of "protein is protein". After all who are we humans to cast the first stone about consuming blood. Look at all the blood sausages we eat,black pudding, boudin, blutwurst, morcilla, not to mention the Masai's "blood shakes". Then we have Vampire Bats. leeches, mosquitoes, sand-flies etc., why shouldn't birds get in on the act? As well as the Sharp-beaked Ground-Finches on the Galapagos, Galapagos Mocking-birds (Nesomimus spp.) have been recorded as having partaken in a sanguinary sip. See http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v104n03/p0517-p0521.pdf

Cheers,

carl Clifford


On 01/07/2009, at 9:16 PM, Peter Shute wrote:

Intrigued by the article's mention of blood drinking finches, I Googled "galapagos finches blood". I'm even more intrigued by the explanation offered by the first result in the list:
http://creation.com/vampire-finches-of-the-galapagos

I'm not saying they're wrong, it's just not the explanation I was expecting.

Peter Shute

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From: ] On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
Sent: Wednesday, 1 July 2009 8:22 PM
To: L&L Knight
Cc: Birding Aus
Subject: Desperate bid to save finches that changed the world

Laurie,

I think the poor old Ecuadorean government will need a fair bit of
outside  financial help with a baiting program. They have enough
problems raising the cash to feed their people, let alone rats.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford


On 01/07/2009, at 7:42 PM, L&L Knight wrote:

Looks like they need a rat baiting program in a big hurry

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/desperate-bid-to-save-finches-that-changed-the-world-1722941.html
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