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In a new study they have conducted in the central regions of Laos, scientists have discovered a rare species of songbirds, which appears to be completely bald. Its head is completely feather-free, and the bird represents, according to researchers, the only type of bald songbird in Asia, and the first one to be reported in the past 100 years. Its unusual head has brought it the name of “bare-faced bulbul,†which is somewhat appropriate when you look at it. Naturalists are in awe as to how this peculiar bird has managed to escape detection for so long, as very little is known about it. One possible explanation, they say, could be the fact that the creature prefers living in areas with little to no human presence, such as central Laos, where the landscape is dominated by rocky, limestone hills and mountains. Very few individuals venture in the wilderness, but the region is home to a variety of weird animals, including new species of rabbits and rats, discovered within th!
e last decade. The first hints of the new creature were noted in 1995, when Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) biologist Robert J. Timmins first saw what appeared to be a bald bird. Despite writing about it in his notebook, the expert did not publish an account of it as, at the time, the idea of a bald bulbul seemed too far-fetched, Wired re...
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