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Endeavor305 t1_ix1zewu wrote

It's not the first time It's been sighted in 140 years. It's the first time It's been sighted by someone who knew what it was looking at.

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PMzyox t1_ix27adi wrote

Maybe that’s the real conspiracy. What % of people know what they look like and would have been like “by golly, I believe that’s the long extinct black naped pheasant-pigeon over there”? Thinking it’s probably a low percentage, at least for the last 140 years.

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Grow_away_420 t1_ix34oa8 wrote

I'd wager only about 5% of people could go outside and identify 5 plants that aren't common horticultural bullshit. Birds, probably even less.

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GozerDGozerian t1_ix3bf7c wrote

I dunno. A lot of birds could probably identify way more than 5 plants.

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zipykido t1_ix2hmog wrote

Like those clams they thought didn't exist anymore.

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thxsocialmedia t1_ix3ttud wrote

I dunno, did you see the earlier video of the scientists when they first realized they caught its image? I believe people were really looking hard for this thing. Anybody less lazy who might provide a link?

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BetterBagelBabe t1_ix4wvug wrote

I think they mean that it’s the first time it’s been seen by scientists as opposed to the locals who told the scientists where they sometimes heard the birds.

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