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RE: Turtle, Terrapin and Tortoise - BorneanTiger - 06-18-2021
(02-22-2019, 08:47 AM)Sanju Wrote: World’s largest bee, once presumed extinct, filmed alive in the wild
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wallaces-giant-bee-megachile-pluto-once-thought-extinct-has-been-discovered-alive-on-island-in-indonesia/?fbclid=IwAR0vMl3saYbCyd0UxeKrSbIzbMdWT4SeVALLV4hPCrKoCGjg-XHdAt9mTB8
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/worlds-largest-bee-rediscovered-not-extinct/?cmpid=org%3Dngp%3A%3Amc%3Dsocial%3A%3Asrc%3Dfacebook%3A%3Acmp%3Deditorial%3A%3Aadd%3Dfb20190221animals-largestbeerediscovered%3A%3Arid%3D&fbclid=IwAR3-jASnVsY63mSD23bqlGY9UJYjXtlQrEW4xdj9pEgyJUzx3Uq4N0puhG4&sf208140270=1
Tortoise thought to be extinct for 113 years has been rediscovered on the Galapagos
https://www.foxnews.com/science/tortoise-thought-to-be-extinct-for-113-years-has-been-rediscovered-on-the-galapagos?fbclid=IwAR15AozpdimwRhgT00AXG_A-wjw5Q5xziVQspj7ZUHN3GiUkcV0H7aqqbwM
Forward from Rediscovered species, Ecuador confirmed that the Fernandina Tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus, which was considered to be extinct for over a century, prior to rediscovery in 2019) is still in existence in the Galapagos Islands: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/turtle-considered-extinct-100-years-ago-galapagos-is-still-existence-says-2021-05-26/
Pictures of the Fernandina Tortoise in Santa Cruz, the Galapagos Islands, on the 10th of July 2019, credit: Galapagos National Park
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