Consuming the Species: Science Fiction
May. 31st, 2012 02:14 pm"The very last ones, you promise?"
"Absolutely. They were on this small island in the middle of the Pacific. Their population never spread beyond it. There can't be more than twenty of them, at the most. We only know they were there because of fossil remnants left behind after the tsunami wiped the island clean of life. No paradox possible if you eat the species instead."
"What will they taste like?"
"Chicken, most likely. Perhaps a little gamey."
Inspiration: https://www.facebook.com/evan.loehleconger/posts/10102111072251220
Story Potential: High.
Notes: And then his plan to eat a species into extinction goes horribly awry, beginning when he forgets to bring a chef.
"Absolutely. They were on this small island in the middle of the Pacific. Their population never spread beyond it. There can't be more than twenty of them, at the most. We only know they were there because of fossil remnants left behind after the tsunami wiped the island clean of life. No paradox possible if you eat the species instead."
"What will they taste like?"
"Chicken, most likely. Perhaps a little gamey."
Inspiration: https://www.facebook.com/evan.loehleconger/posts/10102111072251220
Story Potential: High.
Notes: And then his plan to eat a species into extinction goes horribly awry, beginning when he forgets to bring a chef.