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Irrefutable proof! Sadly the last ever post of the awesome Mango Sauce site.
http://www.mangosauce.com/thai_secrets/new_species_in_lao_kebab_inspires_1million_prize.php
New species in Lao kebab inspires $1million prize:
Identified for the very first time when served up to a hungry American naturalist on a skewer in 2005, a living specimen of the Laotian rock rat has now been photographed. Despite appearances, the creature - known locally as a kha-nyou - isn't a rat at all. Robert Timmins described his tasty new discovery as a "spineless porcupine."
At that stage, however, he'd never seen a live specimen so branding the enigmatic creature a coward might have been premature. For all we know, when ambushed by Laotian rice farmers brandishing sliced bell peppers and pineapple chunks, the bushy-tailed beast might have shown conspicuous bravery.
With surprising candour, the Wildlife Conservation Society naturalist added that "You then eat them [by] crunching up the smaller bones and spitting out the larger ones."
This may come as a blow to vegetarians.
Having prematurely cast doubt on the gallantry of his furry find, Timmins also jumped the gun by claiming that it represented not only a new species but also an entirely new family of mammals previously unknown to science.
Just twelve months later, however, the red-faced naturalist conceded to palaeontologists that Laonastes aenigmamus is actually a surviving member of a known mammal family that was thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago - making it a "living fossil."
Your chance to win $1million. Inspired by this remarkable scientific discovery, Mango Sauce has teamed up with burger giant McDonalds to offer a million-dollar prize to the first reader who discovers a live dodo in his Chicken McNuggets.
In a bonus "living fossil" promotion, any reader whose Filet-O-Fish disgorges a coelacanth will win a regular cup of coffee.
http://www.mangosauce.com/thai_secrets/new_species_in_lao_kebab_inspires_1million_prize.php
New species in Lao kebab inspires $1million prize:
Identified for the very first time when served up to a hungry American naturalist on a skewer in 2005, a living specimen of the Laotian rock rat has now been photographed. Despite appearances, the creature - known locally as a kha-nyou - isn't a rat at all. Robert Timmins described his tasty new discovery as a "spineless porcupine."
At that stage, however, he'd never seen a live specimen so branding the enigmatic creature a coward might have been premature. For all we know, when ambushed by Laotian rice farmers brandishing sliced bell peppers and pineapple chunks, the bushy-tailed beast might have shown conspicuous bravery.
With surprising candour, the Wildlife Conservation Society naturalist added that "You then eat them [by] crunching up the smaller bones and spitting out the larger ones."
This may come as a blow to vegetarians.
Having prematurely cast doubt on the gallantry of his furry find, Timmins also jumped the gun by claiming that it represented not only a new species but also an entirely new family of mammals previously unknown to science.
Just twelve months later, however, the red-faced naturalist conceded to palaeontologists that Laonastes aenigmamus is actually a surviving member of a known mammal family that was thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago - making it a "living fossil."
Your chance to win $1million. Inspired by this remarkable scientific discovery, Mango Sauce has teamed up with burger giant McDonalds to offer a million-dollar prize to the first reader who discovers a live dodo in his Chicken McNuggets.
In a bonus "living fossil" promotion, any reader whose Filet-O-Fish disgorges a coelacanth will win a regular cup of coffee.
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