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Ein älterer aber interessanter Beitrag zur Rettung des Amazonasregenwaldes. https://lateinamerika-nachrichten.de/artikel/wer-zerstoert-wer-rettet-amazonien/ https://500px.com/embed.js

Sereré de Agua (Opisthocomus hoazin)

"Faisan Huppe de Cayenne" - aka The Hoatzin

Though being very pheasant-like and looking quite meaty, and being far from an ugly bird, the hoatzin has managed to keep its unique and fascinating lineage alive, much more than the other birds in its territory. While the South American tropical birds are often poached, encroached upon, taken for pets, or used for plumage, these guys are only ever killed in complete desperation.

Why's that? Well, despite looking big and meaty, most of their innards are not at all delicious. The hoatzins eat green leaves and vegetation, and their crop is a giant fermenting chamber! It's much larger than most birds, and the stench of fermentation gives them an overall stank of manure and rot. They're known as "stink birds" by locals (and many biologists who have to study them), and the smell doesn't go away after they're killed and gutted. The meat has a boar-taint kind of taste, and the stink even permeates the feathers.

Well, that's one way to avoid extinction.

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)