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Lately, there has been a buzz about the existence of a certain long accepted to be extinct species. The Tasmanian tiger is no longer alive. The reports of Its long-term survival have been greatly exaggerated.
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Recent Sightings
The massive marsupial creatures known scientifically as thylacines, which looked more like wild dogs than tigers, spread across Tasmania and the Australian mainland, were declared extinct in 1936. The president of the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, Neil Waters, promised definitive photographic evidence of a surviving thylacine on Feb. 23. He reported the four images showed a family of thylacines traveling through thick brush, including a juvenile. The news sparked a frenzy of enthusiasm among wildlife enthusiasts.
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Swimming Penguin
Imagine that while touring the Antarctic coast in a small boat with other visitors. You ve come to see the magnificent icebergs in the Gerlache Strait. Since you re in Antarctica, you ve got your video camera ready. Then, in addition to catching the icebergs frozen, gleaming blue, you catch a scene right out of a nature documentary. Matthew and Anna Karsten of Expert Vagabond captured a pod of killer whales chasing a penguin across the water.
The incredible experience came after a thrilling chase in which the bird circled the tour boat several times and managed to bail out of the water to safety.