From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10430 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Sunday, January 1 2023 Volume 14 : Number 10430 Today's Subjects: ----------------- 1/2 teaspoon for 1 week = flat belly ["Boosts Metabolism" Subject: 1/2 teaspoon for 1 week = flat belly 1/2 teaspoon for 1 week = flat belly http://hmsurvey.rest/nwz1Xe1EaHhRaeSnLUlX9QcPgEtP846B9CwABzzh7KT2txVqbQ http://hmsurvey.rest/9SzQDM6DeQiIRsn0-87oUk9m2QkBRlUAhSdgPcXjUkE_oZdX-g uman activities. Overhunting was the main cause of the RC)union swamphen's extinction (it was considered good game and was easy to catch), but according to Cheke and Hume, the introduction of cats at the end of the 17th century could have contributed to the elimination of the bird once these became feral and reached its habitat. Today, cats are still a serious threat to native birds, in particular Barau's petrel, since they occur all over RC)union, including the most remote and high peaks. The eggs and chicks would also have been vulnerable to rats after their accidental introduction in 1676. On the other hand, the RC)union swamphen and other birds of the island appear to have successfully survived feral pigs. Cattle grazing on Plaine des Cafres was promoted by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier in the 1750s, which may have also had an impact on the bird. While the last unequivocal account of the RC)union swamphen is from 1730, an anonymous account from 1763, possibly by the British Brigadier-General Richard Smith, may be the last mention of this bird, though no description of it was provided, and it might refer to another species. It is also impossible to say whether this writer saw the bird himself. It gives a contemporary impression of the RC)union swamphen's ha ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10430 ***********************************************