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My favorite "extinct" animal found again (also 80 years!): https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hi
by BeetleB 4y ago
My favorite "extinct" animal found again (also 80 years!):
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/s...
Wikipedia has a whole page of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_taxon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_taxon
- louthy 4y agoMy favourite, and quite hilarious: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/30/voeltzkow-chameleon-rediscovered-madagascar https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/30/voeltzko...
- femto 4y agoThat article was written in 2012 and ended with speculation on whether black rats could be eradicated from Lord Howe Island, to allow it to be repopulated with stick insects. Ten years later, in 2022, it's looking promising. No rats have been seen for a while and surveillance is ongoing before eradication is declared. Meanwhile the native species are flourishing. https://invasives.org.au/media-releases/lord-howe-island-claims-national-award-for-being-on-the-cusp-of-record-rat-eradication/ https://invasives.org.au/media-releases/lord-howe-island-cla...
- tsol 4y agoWow that's cool. Thanks for posting that