3 ms·
If anyone else was wondering, this specimen was released after being filmed and photographed.
by pingou 8y ago
If anyone else was wondering, this specimen was released after being filmed and photographed.
- Zhenya 8y agoMaybe I'm too much of a layperson here but if it were the first of what was thought of as an extinct animal, I would think we shouldn't touch it or stress it at all.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- thaumasiotes 8y agoFrom reading the prior article, it doesn't look like anyone ever thought the bee was under threat. It's just that it's been documented occasionally, and that recently happened again. It isn't documented continuously because people don't really care that much about it.
- cmroanirgo 8y agoThere's a rather big logging industry in Indonesia (exporting to Aus, NZ, US), and much of it illegal. So, if this bee is in the trees then it's quite possibly in trouble due to that, and putting it back may not actually be always practical. FYI: Illegal logging is such a problem that there are systems in place to attempt to at least monitor the "approved stuff": https://www.certisource.org/ https://www.certisource.org/
- davidw 8y agoAnd immediately after releasing the specimen, the scientists ran like hell.