Post by Infinity Blade on Jan 17, 2020 7:58:34 GMT 5
So, just tonight I discovered this recent (2018-onward) Animal Planet show called Extinct or Alive. The show's premise is that Forrest Galante, a wildlife biologist, works with some people to try and see if they can find proof of animals that were/are thought to be extinct.
At first glance it just sounds like another one of those shows where they're trying to look for some purported creature but never actually find anything. But actually...Galante and his team apparently turn out to be quite successful at times.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct_or_Alive#Notable_case_findings
1.) They found footage of what may very well be a Zanzibar leopard on Unguja Island, so now it seems like there's a serious possibility that the subspecies is still extant.
2.) They actually found a living Fernandina Island tortoise when it hadn't been seen in over a century by that point.
3.) They confirmed that Miller's grizzled langur is still alive in recent years (although it looks like a 2012 study confirmed this too).
Some more allegedly notable cases are described in the link above.
If just one episode had something eye-opening, that'd be one thing. But, supposedly, there are four episodes where they actually find the animal they were looking for. If that's true, then that alone is actually quite amazing to me.
I haven't seen much of the show yet (outside of a few clips); I haven't watched anything from Animal Planet in years. As such, how much of what is solid or simply sensationalized is not clear to me. What do others think of this?
At first glance it just sounds like another one of those shows where they're trying to look for some purported creature but never actually find anything. But actually...Galante and his team apparently turn out to be quite successful at times.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct_or_Alive#Notable_case_findings
1.) They found footage of what may very well be a Zanzibar leopard on Unguja Island, so now it seems like there's a serious possibility that the subspecies is still extant.
2.) They actually found a living Fernandina Island tortoise when it hadn't been seen in over a century by that point.
3.) They confirmed that Miller's grizzled langur is still alive in recent years (although it looks like a 2012 study confirmed this too).
Some more allegedly notable cases are described in the link above.
If just one episode had something eye-opening, that'd be one thing. But, supposedly, there are four episodes where they actually find the animal they were looking for. If that's true, then that alone is actually quite amazing to me.
I haven't seen much of the show yet (outside of a few clips); I haven't watched anything from Animal Planet in years. As such, how much of what is solid or simply sensationalized is not clear to me. What do others think of this?
