Pecking order: how John Gould dined out on the birds of Australia

[Laurie Knight <>]

No doubt. Still it is ironic that: "A conservationist, despite his propensity 
to shoot everything from wandering albatross to emu wrens, Gould lamented the 
loss of species as a result of the white man’s invasion."

> On 31 Dec 2017, at 9:31 pm, Brian Fleming <> wrote:
> 
> I think it hardly surprising that early collectors ate their specimens after 
> skinning them! They were camping out, often  with limited supplies, and fresh 
> meat was very welcome.  Not just birds either.  Gould writes with great 
> feeling of the excellence of a large Red Kangaroo which sustained his whole 
> party when they had run out of food in South Australia.
> 
> Anthea Fleming
> 
> 
> On 31/12/2017 10:19 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
>> Early ornithologists like to eat their subjects - see
>> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/30/pecking-order-how-john-gould-dined-out-on-the-birds-of-australia
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