Great bustard Great bustard The great bustard ("Otis tarda") is a bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus "Otis". It breeds in open grassland and farmland in southern and central Europe, and across temperate Asia. European populations are mainly resident, but Asian birds move farther south in winter. Portugal and Spain now have about 60% of the world's population. It became extinct in Great Britain when the last bird was shot in 1832. Recent attempts to reintroduce it into England have met with some success and there is a population of 40 birds on Salisbury Plain, a British
Porphyria cutanea tarda implicated in the origin of vampire myths. This is because people with the disease tend to avoid the sun due to photosensitivity (and therefore have a young complexion and pallor) and require blood. Hypertrichosis (i.e. A full head of hair) will also give a young appearance. Porphyria Cutanea Tarda is the name of a song by the rock band AFI on their fourth album "Black Sails in the Sunset", released on May 18, 1999. Porphyria cutanea tarda Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is the most common subtype of porphyria. The disease is named because it is a porphyria that often presents