Good news - Once thought extinct, now verified still here

[packman]

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The 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

[Bettie]

1. That is awesome

however, I thought you were going to say "a republican with a conscience" given today's festivities.

[groundloop]

4. Those ARE extinct

[dalton99a]

2. "The world's smallest hoofed animal"

[NurseJackie]

5. I would have guessed Key Deer.

[mike_c]

3. I'm still holding onto hope for a thylacine.

[cpamomfromtexas]

6. One was spotted not long ago

[mike_c]

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]

7. I really thought you were going to reveal an uncorrupted repug.

[Demovictory9]

8. cute lil thing