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Everything I thought needed dealing with before GA status has been dealt with, so I'm happy to promote. I've left some more quick thoughts above to have a think about with a view to FA status (and, as ever, a picture would be a great addition, but I appreciate the difficulty), but I'm happy to
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Anything reliable sources have hypothesised about the species' behaviour/the way it would live would be a great addition to the article. As I say, this was just a thought for pushing towards FAC, so I'm not gonna hold back GA status on the issue.
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I'm personally interested by the human side of things- any more on those rats being eaten? Any theory as to why the species is now extinct?
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