Monday, April 3, 2017

Pretty interesting

The Tasmanian Tiger, thought to have been extinct for decades, may still be hanging on. Here's footage from the 1930s of the last known living Thylacines:



Now, find me a live moa in New Zealand and we'll really have something to talk about.

6 comments:

bruce said...

There are all kinds of mongrel native dogs out in the bush. For example I've met some which looked like they were mixed with dingoes; with spots, and inbred features like tiny hips with overlong legs, completely silent too. But I guess stripes would be unusual.

Deborah said...

Paco, you know the moa taste like chicken, but their uniqueness would have moa ranches springing up to meet the global demand of chefs, and the inevitable chain restaurants like yours. We all know you'd be in on the ground floor, and soon be the moa king.

Their rediscovery could mean a the return to women's fashion of yesteryear. It could mean the return of the fan dance which would make men ecstatic, and drag queens giddy. There, of course, would be the usual protests. "Nasty" women would forgo pink pussy cat hats in favor of moa hats to show solidarity with their eco sisters. (Aren't these hats "cultural appropriation"?)



Paco said...

Deborah: How about this for the name of the fast-food chain: "There's Plenty Moa".

Mike_W said...

Imagine the Moa drumsticks.

bruce said...

'Please, sir,' replied Oliver, 'I want some Moa'. Is that a New England accent?

Deborah said...

That would work, Paco. Meanwhile, at your vast ranch, the Moa Pluckers would be hard at work keeping up with the promise of "plenty".

Moa wings at Hooters....