Thursday, October 29, 2009

Wildlife specimen

Pretzel Finch (Crispius sodiumitus)

This elusive finch evolved around Pennsylvania pretzel factories over millions of years, to elude predators by hiding amongst savory snack foods.

"The salty odour of this creature," wrote Charles Darwin in his seminal evolutionary text, On the Origin of Pretzels, "gives one the impression that its flesh should be smoked, not fried, and served with autumn squash."

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