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The Coastal Prairie Grassland used to be found along the Texas Coastline, from Corpus Christi to Louisiana, and 70 miles inland. The Attwater's Prairie Chicken needs this grassland to survive.
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| Hi, I'm Attwater and I live in a refuge near Tx City | |
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In the 1930's, people began hunting the chickens and killing them by the 100's, which made their numbers go from 1 million to 8,700. In 1937, Tx passed a law to stop the hunting.
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| I'm a shooting me some chickens today... | |
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The chickens have dark zebra patterns and are 17-18 inches long. The males have long orange and red feathers that come out of the ears and an ear sac on the neck that can inflate during matting.
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