At 03:41 PM 3/11/06 +0100, romdom wrote:
i'm ready to bet it IS endangered now they have mentionned its existence
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Joy replied>
That depends on whether or not the powers that be decide to
"protect" them by making it illegal to breed them.
They were talking about it on a radio science program yesterday - so far,
the only specimen they have found was dead - for sale in a market (for
food!). No-one has yet seen a live one except perhaps the trapper.
Research is now going on to find out how widespread it is because the
fossils are generally found in other places rather than Laos.
Malvary in Ottawa
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