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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGood news - Once thought extinct, now verified still here
?cache=gh1hhjdkds&ops=scalefit_720_noupscaleThe recent rediscovery of a small animal in Vietnam is big news for the scientific community.
Biologist An Nguyen managed to scientifically confirm the existence of the silver-backed chevrotain, aka the Vietnamese mouse-deer, for the first time since 1907 ― though there was a sighting in 1990
Until Nguyen photographed the rare mammal in the wild, the chevrotain was feared extinct and appeared on Global
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/silver-backed-chevrotain-rediscovered-vietnam-mouse-deer_n_5dcc341ce4b0a794d1f953aa?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVmZnBvc3QuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANmcUBvYwpsKasLZuSwqI7HIQmiLUpAfHF0VudSNZIZ3z02IneDw3XAzdGxSjXJzji1oO7Dgjb_DzECLxW12i0vI4VbcWyunfKsp5riWyr7vq9sI99uE6QgB0aaevg-X6zpsK9U0dtsS4zJy_ENjQMHBPwgSc5u-Cg94ajF26gfy
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Good news - Once thought extinct, now verified still here (Original Post)
packman
Nov 2019
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Bettie
(16,110 posts)1. That is awesome
however, I thought you were going to say "a republican with a conscience" given today's festivities.
groundloop
(11,519 posts)4. Those ARE extinct
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)2. "The world's smallest hoofed animal"
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)5. I would have guessed Key Deer.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)3. I'm still holding onto hope for a thylacine.
cpamomfromtexas
(1,245 posts)6. One was spotted not long ago
mike_c
(36,281 posts)9. Possibly spotted.
There have been reports of sightings for years, but not until recently have there been credible reports, and so far no unambiguous physical evidence. Without photos, it never happened.
efhmc
(14,731 posts)7. I really thought you were going to reveal an uncorrupted repug.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)8. cute lil thing