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Originally Posted by fisheye
I personally think it would be so cool to see a five foot bird in the field and would like to see people support this effort with their own private contributions to see if it is viable(recognizing that almost all large animals are dependent on conservation efforts for existence) and if not, then oh well....the species has obviously been supplanted by one more suited to its own preservation - unless there is a no limit sandhill crane season or someone figures out how to put it on the menu of course...
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Check this guy out, he can throw out some fancy words. Doesn't change the fact that his facts aren't all there. Whooping Cranes and Sandhill Cranes cohabitated in Louisiana before whooping cranes were extirpated. Based on the current distribution of the two species from my own observations, they very rarely, if ever, utilize the same habitat. Whoopers are more commonly found in marshes and rice fields, whereas Sandhills are more commonly found in wet pasture or prairie (of which little remains).
if you're going to try and make an argument as to why a species shouldn't be saved, make sure it's a logical one.