• One of Earth's rarest mammals spotted for the first time in 15 years
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/8qal.jpg[/img] [url]http://wwf.panda.org/?212298/Saola-rediscovered-Asian-Unicorn-sighted-in-Vietnam-for-first-time-in-15-years[/url] [quote]The saola, one of the rarest and most threatened mammals on the planet, has been photographed in Vietnam for the first time in the 21st century. The enigmatic species was caught on film in September by a camera trap set by WWF and the Vietnamese government’s Forest Protection Department in the Central Annamite mountains. “When our team first looked at the photos we couldn’t believe our eyes. Saola are the holy grail for South-east Asian conservationists so there was a lot of excitement,” said Dr. Van Ngoc Thinh, WWF-Vietnam’s Country Director. “This is a breath-taking discovery and renews hope for the recovery of the species.” A cousin of cattle but recalling an antelope in appearance, the Critically Endangered saola, dubbed the Asian Unicorn because it is so rarely seen, is recognized by two parallel horns with sharp ends which can reach 50 centimetres in length. The last confirmed record of a saola in the wild was in 1999 from camera-trap photos taken in the Laos province of Bolikhamxay. In 2010, villagers in Bolikhamxay captured a saola, but the animal subsequently died. [/quote] [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/rare-mammal-sighted-in-vietnam-for-the-first-time-in-15-years/2013/11/12/750fed9a-4c08-11e3-bf60-c1ca136ae14a_story.html[/url] [quote]A camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam has managed to snap a photo of one of earth’s rarest mammals, the saola, which hadn’t been seen in 15 years. The antelope-like, long-horned ox appears to walk through dense foliage at the edge of the camera’s range in the image taken in September. Conservation group WWF released the image along with a statement Wednesday. “This is a breathtaking discovery and renews hope for the recovery of the species,” Van Ngoc Thinh, WWF’s Vietnam director, was quoted as saying.[/quote] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/5flp.jpg[/img]
I wonder how it tastes.
i wonder if the horn cures cancer
The horn probably causes male potency
They should take a blood sample and work at cloning this species back into prosperity (even if they don't deserve it[if they like, suck or something, for example]). It'd be a good proof of concept and we could learn a lot about cloning and its effect on the prosperity of a species.
[QUOTE=be;42856939]They should take a blood sample and work at cloning this species back into prosperity (even if they don't deserve it[b]if they like, suck or something, for example[/b]). It'd be a good proof of concept and we could learn a lot about cloning and its effect on the prosperity of a species.[/QUOTE] There a committee somewhere that determines which animals do and do not suck?
I wonder if it's rare by chance, or by poaching
Wow, I've been reading about the saola lately. They are fantastic creatures.
[QUOTE=ZenZill;42856966]I wonder if it's rare by chance, or by poaching[/QUOTE] [img]http://puu.sh/5hN47.png[/img] [url=http://worldwildlife.org/species/saola]from the WWF website[/url]
Welp, time to break out the ol' hunting rifle.
[QUOTE=The Maestro;42856965]There a committee somewhere that determines which animals do and do not suck?[/QUOTE] tbh panda bears kinda suck (lazy, non reproductive tendencies, gluttons, carnivores gone vegatarian, etc.) but we keep them around because they're cute and endangered in part by us.
Well hey if that's the case then I'd like to nominate koala bears. How the fuck are those dicks bears anyway? Get real.
[QUOTE=Prez;42857055][img]WWf Image[/img] [url=http://worldwildlife.org/species/saola]from the WWF website[/url][/QUOTE] Can 'Traditional medicine' please just disappear. I'm pretty sure demand for animal body parts for such treatment has killed off more than a few types of animals in the past.
I dunno, I think it looks kind of cute.
It's amazing that in our era of information, photography, video and satellites that an animal like that can elude even being [i]seen[/i] for as long as 15 years.
[QUOTE=The Maestro;42856965]There a committee somewhere that determines which animals do and do not suck?[/QUOTE] yeah it's called natural selection
[QUOTE=Dalndox;42857382]It's amazing that in our era of information, photography, video and satellites that an animal like that can elude even being [i]seen[/i] for as long as 15 years.[/QUOTE] the best part is that the nice photo in the article is from the 90's and that tiny black and white cap that looks like a hairless sloth is what finally found it again
So it's not the 'Teenagirius Obeyus'?
[QUOTE=Jmir 54;42856936]The horn probably causes male potency[/QUOTE] i take it myself
[QUOTE=lifehole;42857074]tbh panda bears kinda suck (lazy, non reproductive tendencies, gluttons, carnivores gone vegatarian, etc.) but we keep them around because they're cute and endangered in part by us.[/QUOTE] Yeah I don't understand pandas either. If they were to disappear, would it have any harm? I doubt the 4 wild pandas left have that much of an effect on bamboo overgrowing or something.
It's cute as fuck. I must devour it.
Must have me some saola steaks
Is there a full scale photo i cant see shit in that one.
Beautiful animal
I always thought that species who are going extinct for reasons other than human intervention should be left alone. If we did it, I get spending the time and money to bring rehabilitate the species, but if they just suck at surviving i'm sorry but that's life. That's how it works. Apparently we hunted these things into near extinction, so I think we should reintroduce them. Many people know about the ill effects human hunting can have on an ecosystem when they are hunted so much that they can't recover naturally, but I think that there can be ill effects of saving a species that by all rights should be going extinct as well.
[QUOTE=frozensoda;42860185]I always thought that species who are going extinct for reasons other than human intervention should be left alone. If we did it, I get spending the time and money to bring rehabilitate the species, but if they just suck at surviving i'm sorry but that's life. That's how it works. Apparently we hunted these things into near extinction, so I think we should reintroduce them. Many people know about the ill effects human hunting can have on an ecosystem when they are hunted so much that they can't recover naturally, but I think that there can be ill effects of saving a species that by all rights should be going extinct as well.[/QUOTE] animals don't 'suck at surviving', that's the entire point of natural selection the only reasons a species would suddenly die out is due to sudden changes in climate (our fault), habitat (our fault) or ecosystem (such as introduced species, also our fault)
[QUOTE=V1ro;42856879]I wonder how it tastes.[/QUOTE] Even if they did cook it, can you imagine how much it would cost?
I'm imagining this saola wandering around for 15 years trying to find his saola bros, but he can't find any :(
[QUOTE=krail9;42860365]animals don't 'suck at surviving', that's the entire point of natural selection the only reasons a species would suddenly die out is due to sudden changes in climate (our fault), habitat (our fault) or ecosystem (such as introduced species, also our fault)[/QUOTE] yeah the dinosaur extinction was our fault
I wonder how many died in the Vietnam war?
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