Just a quick email concerning the recent post on the blog about the
rediscovery of the Takahe in 1948.
According to my boss John Calvert at the Butterfly Farm, when he was a
young child growing up in New Zealand his doctor/dentist was none other than Dr
Geoffrey Orbell; and that his son also became his doctor after Dr Geoffrey
Orbell retired. There is absolutely no reason to disbelieve John on this as he is always very
truthful and he's a well respected lepidopterist and conservationist and
has absolutely nothing to gain from
being untruthful.
I did intend to write a piece on this for the blog, as I have always
been fascinated by this species and its rediscovery and I personally thought
Johns story was really cool! but other than what I have already mentioned about
him being his doctor, there is not much more really to say - it
probably wouldn't make a great post! John recalls that he remembers the doctors
son better, as John was only a child when Dr Geoffrey Orbell used to treat him
and he was an old man at that time.
Still pretty cool tho' I thought!!
Carl.
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