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Jill, now I have to go look up what a houbara bustard is. I’m going to assume this is some sort of bird and not some reincarnation of Hoba Hoba Spirit…:) What ecological effects will this reintroduction bring about, do you think?
Lydia, I had to do the same. I have no idea what the ecological repercussions might be; should be interesting to follow.
I looked it up. Apparently this bird is edible. One likely repercussion (and apparently a reason it was already endangered) is that you’ll see a number of them popping up in tajines in the area. Maybe even a bstilla…