too early to farewell the Baiji
An update on an earlier post ("All the Baiji are gone") - it seems that this unique aquatic mammal may not, after all, be extinct despite being "the first large vertebrate to be declared extinct in more than 50 years".
Apparently Professor Wang Ding, an expert involved in the 2006 Baiji survey still holds some hope that a few Baiji may yet survive, although admitting that any remnant population may be unsustainable.
Read more about this story on the ABC News website.
Image from http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200708/r167346_623102.jpg
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