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Originally Posted by highthief
Which doesn't justify killing or risking killing the animal just to take it's picture.
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No, scientists don't just take it's picture, they examine, investigate, postulate, discuss, check DNA, sample tissue of such specimens. Please look at the OP date and you'll see that they already "took it's picture."
If you think that all they do is "take their picture, then I'd have to agree with you, but to state that it is all that they do, is patently false.
Scientists can make some bold leaps of faith guesses and hypotheticals from bones and their fragments, partially decomposed or digested, even from just images of animals, but to have an actual full specimen is the holy grail for the scientists.
I'm sure if they could have taken it alive and kept it alive it would be an even greater sensation then the Great White Shark that was kept alive in Monterey Bay Aquarium for 198 days and eventually released when it posed a larger threat to the other animals. The point is that researchers want to research the animal and the behaviors it exhibits not normally just the carcass.
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During its stay in Monterey, the shark had grown from a length of 5 feet (152 centimeters) and a weight of 62 pounds (28 kilograms) to 6-foot-4 (193 centimeters) and 162 pounds (74 kilograms). It was about a year old when it was caught.
The aquarium acquired a wealth of information on how best to care for the animals in captivity.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 12-28-2006 at 01:17 PM..
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