“Photo in Vietnam Shows Mammal Unseen for 15 Years”
- Time magazine
On November 12, 2013 the Associated
Press of Time magazine published an
interesting article discussing a discovery in Hanoi, Vietnam. The shocking and intriguing
article, “Photo in Vietnam Shows Mammal Unseen for 15 Years”, talks about a
Saola -Earth’s rarest mammal found in Vietnam- which had not been seen for
fifteen years. This unusual, antelope-like ox with large horns was caught on
camera through a “camera trap”, as it was walking through a forest in Vietnam.
The Saola was originally found in the mountains of Laos (1992), and continued
to exist until they were announced endangered and finally “extinct”. Directors
of certain organizations tried to take precautions in order to ensure safety
for these mammals. Two Saolas were seized in Central Vietnam in the year of
1993 and put under safe conditions to help keep them alive. However, the
animals died in the second year of their captivity. The associated press included
that this animal was “…the first large mammal new to science in more than 50
years.” The article also contains a statement that was said by a Vietnamese
director of the WWF. “This is a breathtaking discovery and renews hope for the
recovery of the species.” Members of the WWF will continue to have search and
hope in finding other species that were once said to be extinct.
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