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Black-Footed Ferrets: "A Dog Found the Species. Humans Stamped It."

From the BBN segment “Black-footed ferret rescue: dog's find led to a rebuilt species”, cut down to under a minute.

On air: Chip Darnell, Kenji Moonfield · Published Monday, October 12 at 4:23 AM ET

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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: A-Z Animals.

Chip DarnellOvernight, the footage of black-footed ferrets playing with tubes reminds us of that Wyoming ranch dog, who dragged home a carcass in nineteen eighty-one and turned out to have found a species everyone thought was gone.
Kenji MoonfieldA dog found the species. The humans just stamped it.
Chip DarnellSo today BBN crowns him Chief Discovery Officer, with a stat line of one carcass, one species, and zero credit on the plaque.
Kenji MoonfieldZero credit?
Chip DarnellI get emotional about it, Kenji.
Chip DarnellHe did the whole job on the way to dinner, and they still gave the plaque to people in boots.
Kenji MoonfieldThis is file footage, not the actual ferrets, but look at those tubes. Those ferrets have a nicer office than we do.

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