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It now seems as though someone may have seen a Baiji, and that perhaps they're not extinct after all! Read more of the good news at http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/30/2019106.htm.

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 ...

Baiji dolphin feared extinct The Baiji, a rare, nearly blind white dolphin that survived for millions of years is effectively extinct, an international expedition declared after ending a six-week fruitless search of the mammal's Yangtze River habitat. Read more at http://www.smh.com.au/