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Discovered deep in the Amazon in 1991, Fukidako are an avian species thought once to be extinct. 'Ruby' is the only live Fukidako still in captivity. Plans to repopulate the species through cloning have been abandoned since an incident in 1998, however scientists have examined her body and behaviour with the best tools available to bring answers about this critically endangered species to light.

A - Simple eyes suggest this species was once a bred for cuteness and kept as pets.
B - Unlike most birds, Fukidako have no beak. It's likely past civilisations associated the three openings on Fukidako mouths with religious practices.
C - The length of Fukidako legs suggests they originally spent their lives around rivers and shallow wetlands.
D - F̶̮̪̟͍͕͚̲̱̉̐̇̈́̃̎̅̌͋̎̓͗̚͝ͅr̸̡͈̲͍͓͈͔̳͛͒̃͝o̷̻̦̩͍͖̪̟̻͒̐̉͊̂̈̔̈́͘͠͝n̶̙̫̣̫̠͇̲̙̐̉̽͜ͅt̵̬͔̥͖͙̠̰́͑͒͗̽̂͐͑͑͘͠-̸̢̛͇̮͖͈͉̺̙̰̻̦̉f̴̢̱̙͒͊̓̋̆͒͊͆͗̏͛̌å̸͈̫̋̉͐̊̔̀̄̅͜c̴̰͑̂͐̐͒̒͊̂́͑͂͋͆͠͝ḭ̴̟͋n̸̘̯̗͓͕̉̈̾̒̽ĝ̵̡̢̧̗̻͙̤̄́͊̆̔͊̊́͊̀̚ ̴̡̱͓͍̌̍̐̂̔̆̓͌̒̉͆e̴͖͖͉͉̤̲̼̩̦̜̠̟̝͈͓͚̾̄͑̎̒̈́͐̒ͅy̴̡̳̞͇͙̞̮͔̻͎͍̹̹̝̆͌ͅĕ̸̢̗̤̬͇̟͚̩̺͖̼̼̀͛͂̆̇̋̕̕̕s̷̢̛̼̩̹͈̮̺͔͖̭̰̯̲̟̒͛̒̆́̈́͗̓̈̋̅̉̕̕ ̵̧̦͉͖͕̾͒͛́̏͂̎̆̓̓̽͝͠ͅș̷̢̨̢͚̞̝̳̣̺̪̟̥̻̼̜̓̓̀͗̅̈͋̎̆͜ư̸̧̢̧̖̙͖͇̫͓̦̜͓͌́̏͐̑͂͑̏̽̽̆̒͗̕͝g̴̮͈̃͒̈́͊̐͑͌̓̏̄̀̽̋͠ģ̷̢̫͇̪̜̠͎̩̞̓̀̈̌͘͝ͅe̶̛̎͌̍̈͋̊͌̎͜ş̶̧̱̻̺̹̠̩̫̯̫̝̏͆̋̀̐̉̾̕t̸̡̲͓͓̱̥̤̞̦̥̼̎̾̄ͅ ̴̧̢̢̧͙̝̝͈̱̯̻͚͔̰̬̮̦͑̄̏́̋͐̕t̸̨̰̜͍̳̼̓̓h̵̳̪̲̣̥̗̰̜̱͋̃͊̽i̷̡̢̹̼͋̅̎̒̈́̅̂͐͂̐̀̋͑͝͝ͅş̸̨̡̞̝͖̣̹͚̥̟̞͈̤͊̋̏̔͋̏͜ ̶̲͍̙̩̤͚̜͈͎̟̗̥̹̝̲̳͛͗ͅṣ̸̨̡̣̯̱̟̠͈͖̭̪͔̻͉̦̹̿̈́̌̅̀͛p̵̛̟̳̜̲̙͋͒͋̉̉̈͋̾̅̕͠͝͠ę̶͉͖͔͓̞̬̫̋̈́̇̓͑̊̽́̏̿͝c̶̺̲̱̹̪̾̀̉̂̆̽̅̔́̍́̊̽͘ï̶̢̢͔͍̤̥͎̩͔̻̞̖̮̪̉̍̓͆́͌́͒̕͜͝͝͝ͅe̶̡̛͕͇̜̊͆͑̒̒̿̔̅͘̕͘̕͘ş̴͙̖̜͍͓̹̲͕̻͑̄́̅̾ ̸̛̘̰̰̹̼̥̬̣͓̬̳̠͍̪͈̏͜ͅw̷̢̜͕̳̰̼͍̹̄̇͐̚ą̵̣̹̗̣͕̩̘̻̣̰̼̘͐̈́͒͘ş̶̧̪̻̗̺̥̣͓̻͎̹̝̇͐̀͗̽̅ͅ ̷̛͕̩̣̦̭̘̯͚̺̜͈̀̐͆͒̓̂̓̀͒̓̕p̵͔̞̱̩̟̪̜̄̐͗̔̅̽͆̿̍͋̿͗͆̅̚͠r̷̛͖̻̥̜͙̝͇̥͖̞̗̎̈́̏̑̾̊̐̈́͌̉͆̕͝e̵̹̲̤̲̝̊̐͆͜d̴̥̮̝̖̫͌̍̌̑̽͊̉͌̿̾̌̈̉̈́̊̚͝a̷̡̨̢͉̙̻̟͇̪͕̱̼̙̼̘͑̓̉͑̌̕t̶̡̢͖̼̗̳̩̤̼̪̝͚͙̼̰̋͌o̷͖̯̠̘͋̊̉̋͆̉̑̎͠͝r̷̛̭̭̩̩̻̼̫̳̹͓̮̖̆́͐͑̄́̂̓͜͝͝͝y̴̢̙̝͉͍͚̥̦̲̺̰̥͍͔̠̺͑̋̑̕͜.̵̡̡̛̖͎̪͓̹̟̤͔̗̙͈͓̂̀̄̉̀͑̚͝
E - F̷̹̱͔̳̣̟̐̀͐̊̋̃̾̐̆̊́̚͝ͅu̴̧̨̦̲̫̝͚͙̱̦͈̝̝̽̂̋̏͋͛͒͛̌̾̈̿͆͘k̵̢͎̼͓͖͕̩̯̻͂͆́͌́̓̽͂̒̉̎̈̓͒̈̚͝ȉ̶͈̫̮d̸̲̱̜͈͌͊a̵̢̢̨̱͎̳͖͇̼̺̟̯̯̬͖̾͗͛̌̐͠͝ḱ̶̡̹̩̗͈̯͎̟̪̥̣̮̌̋͆̔̄̿͜͠ͅo̷̧̨̙̟͓͔̜̜̰̲̦̅́̃̏̐̽̈́͑̏̋̕͠ ̴͈̫̫͎̖͇̳̤̮͎͈̮̈́̈́̽͊́̉̏̚͘͘͠a̵̺͔͓̩̘͈͈̮͇͙̼̘̐̽̓͝ͅr̷̗̳̰̪̹̫̙͈̰̭̼͂͂̋͂̒̚̕͘ͅe̸͚͗͌̈́̑ ̷̝͕̙̫̖͋̓͐̓̌͌̀̈́̑́̅́̂̑͑̚͠a̶̮͚̭̙͈͖͉͇͓̘͉͗̆͂͑̾́̆̄͒̈͆̏͂͘b̸͎̪̙̿̇̾̕l̸̛̮̗̭̘̳͉̜̖̼̔̂̃̉͋̈́͌̅̀̈́̽͒̚ę̷̛̫͇̺̫̠͖̜̪̯̮̗͕̞͑̅͑͑̃̒͂͆ ̴͙̺̖̂̅̀͒̄́̅̐̉͑͒͘͝t̵̨̢̩̘̺̘̗̲̟̭̟̹͐̾́̍̿̃͌̎͒̉̌̍́̽͐͜͝ͅơ̸̜͔͌̓̎̽̅̊̃̅̀͐̔̔̄͝͝͠ ̴̡̡̘̩̲̌̐̽̈̇̔̈́̈̽̓̈̕͝i̴̢̠͈̤̯̤͎͇̝͊̈̄̋̃̐͂̔̒̇͜͜m̸̡̯͙̪̙̺̦̖̘̪̟͇̠̩̌͛̎͌̏̏̆̃̊͗͗̚͠i̵̫̩͍̘̫̘̝̭̻̋t̵̛̫̣̹͂̽ͅͅa̷̲̞̯͙̝̟͖̪̱̽͠t̶͍̭̦̻̝͑̓̄͆e̷̙̟̺͍̹̯̟̜͍͍̤̙͙̲̼͙̓͐́͐̕ ̵͈̰̞̖̬̰̻̥͈͘ş̶͎̻̳̬̟͖̰̪̺̊̇̔̈́̆͝ë̸͈̪́̔̂͊͆̔̊̔̌̕̕̚͝v̴̩̠̫̥̤̪̦͉̯̗̈́̂̅́́͒͌͗̇̇̌̈̋̈́̚͝ͅe̵̛̯̔̈̉̔̏͑̈́͋̆͋̊̍r̷̢̧̡͇͙͚̞̩̜͙͍̈́̉̃̄̽̓̒̌̍͘a̷̝̋l̷͉̙̯̬̂̀͑ ̷̡̪͚̣̩̞͔̦̠̣͋̂͜s̵̨̝͚͝ȍ̵̝͍̫̭͍͉̘̹͕̮̘̋͐͑̊͝ù̶̢͚͕͓̮̝̜̙̠͍͆̒̒͌̍͐͋̂̐̊̂͋̕͝͝ǹ̷̨͈̣̼̦̳͕̲̗̯̲̮̳̯͔̱ď̶̹͈̥̭̹͉̈̉̆ş̸̙͚̘̬̺̦͙̠̩̓̌,̵̡̧̧̼͕̥͇̻̖̮͓͛̈́̆͆̎͑̍͒̈̔̀͘͜ ̵̧̠̻̝̹̥̙͚̣̝̖̻̓̇̅̈̊̕į̴̘̤͙͕͊͗̑̐̈͒̀̈́n̴̨̨̪͕̜̥̺͖͉͇͈͚̱͕̱̕c̴̻̬̣̺̰̯͕͙̹̫̰̠͓̪͑̓̃l̶̠̞͙͈͚̯̠͙͍̭̞͉̠̼̖͎̾̎͘ͅú̴̜̗͖͐̀͐̈́ḑ̵̪͓̭̤̻̘̹̼͚͙͔͈̜͎̟̩̎̀į̷̥̹͎͙͈̺͚̥͕̫̬̠͕͋̎̀̕͜ͅn̷̡̡̳̙̮̜̩͙̠͈͎̠̐͗̇̑̆̒͆͘͝͠͝ģ̵̣̞͍̫͍͐̅͑̋̐̔̎̉͌̄̽͛̃̍̈͝ ̸̨̬̰̹̱͚͕̘̩̻͚͔͗̿̊̈t̵̼̗̖̤͔̺͎͖͉̼͓̖̹̩͖̻̏̓̊͂̔́̊̌͝h̷̢̨̪͈͈̲̖̜̱̼̦̬̮̦͐̾͛̔̑̂̆̏͒̉͒̑̆̕͝ë̸͈̗̻́̎̄̀̎̓̑̏̀̕͠͝͝͠ ̶̨̧̧̧̨̯͎̞͉͈̹͌͐͛͑̔̔̒̈́̎̍͊̆̽̿̀̑͝v̴͓̳̜̩͓̈́͑̿̋ǒ̵̜̜̳͍̠͚̖͖́̃̓̈́̍̔̇͋̔͠i̶̧̥̬̥͙̦̙̺͖͙͖̺͆͆̆̒̾̅́̅͑̈́̏͑̐͝c̷̱͔̟̹̒̐͜͝e̴̢̺̻̲̲͍̖̹̯̦̥̘̤̠͉͖͐̊͒̿̓̈̀͂̀́̌͘͜͠s̷̠̰̯̙͓̯̳͖̀͑͐͊͂̍ ̸̨͕̏́͒̌͗͒̾͌̚͝͝ơ̸̮̫̖͚͋̆́̃̃̀́f̶̯͓̝͕̜̱̭̫̭͖̆̎̋̏̆͑̔ ̷̡̫̣͕͚̱̟̲͙̊͋̅̿͆̃͑̚h̸̛̪͐̈́́̋̀̒͠ư̶̗̩̲̗͎͆̐̇̓̍m̴̗̠̬̜̘̥̫̞͕̐̐̆͛̚a̸̢̪͉͓̠̳̺̼̞̮͌͆̏̓̅̚͜͜͝n̷̨̞̟̯̪͕̠͎̣̙̽̈́͘s̴̛̛̱̪̳͎̤̞̄̈́̌́̏̿̑͗̕̕͝.̴̢͚͉͖̼̻̳̥̘̗̥̌́̋͗̆̒͊͋̎̑̐ͅͅ
F - F̶̧͔͔̒̆u̴̞͓̒̇͝k̴̜̎i̷͇͙̎͋̉d̵̖̯͠a̸̛͍͓̳̾k̴̞̬͌o̴̺̯̽ ̸̨̼͒͌͜t̴̡͎̊̇͝a̷̺̽̐͝ȉ̷̳͎̺̊̉l̶͉͠ṡ̴͓́͝ ̸͕̙̰̅͆r̶͇̓́̈́ê̴̘͒s̷̢̤̙̎͛ȇ̵̟͑m̶̌͜͝b̶͙͇̲͂͆̃l̶̤̓e̵̢̙̎̏ ̷̨͍̌̅̓c̶͍̀́ơ̶̥m̶̼̪͇͝i̶͍̠̳͑̕c̶͕͍͊̒ ̷̡̖͒̄͠b̴̘̓̋̚o̴̡̩̯͛͒̕ö̶̲́̑̽k̷͔̽̔̈ ̴̰͒͗s̵̺͉̈́̀p̸̱̼̑ͅẽ̸̚͜ĕ̶̯̩̫c̷̭̎h̴͓̲̔͊͊ ̶̢̣̐͆b̴͎̪̞̎ü̸̗͎͕ḇ̵̲́͋b̷͉̓ḷ̶̳͖̋͝e̸̜̼̊̈́̓ṣ̴̟̳̀̈̚.̷̧͙̮͐ ̴̡̛̼̗̄̚Ć̴̞͠ͅu̴̩̞͑͒̀t̴̳̪̐̊̚ȅ̵͕͓͌͘!̷̩͂

Using state-of-the-art translation software, the following facts about Ruby's personality and past have been revealed.

She's fascinated by the tools people use to communicate - particularly translation, localisation, print, and other traditional media forms. Her goal is to work in the publishing industry in Japan.

Ruby has explored and honed a variety of interests. She has been a hobbyist pixel artist, writer, reviewer, translator, essayist, and mediator to four siblings. When she isn't thinking of the next hill to die on, she is usually reading something in Japanese.