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Extinct or Alive is an American wildlife documentary television programme produced for Animal Planet by Hot Snakes Media of New York City, the United States.It is hosted by wildlife biologist and television personality Forrest Galante, who travels to different locations around the globe to learn about possibly extinct animals and whether or not there is a chance that they may still be extant. [1]
Forrest Galante (born March 31, 1988) is an American outdoor adventurer and television personality.He primarily seeks out animals on the brink of extinction. He is the host of the television shows Extinct or Alive on Animal Planet and "Mysterious Creatures with Forrest Galante," as well as multiple Shark Week shows.
In 2018, a leopard was recorded on Unguja Island by a camera trap set during filming of the Animal Planet series Extinct or Alive. Some authorities do not consider this video to be reliable evidence due to the exact locality of the video being unknown, and few reliable sources have picked up on it.
Near threatened (NT): 345 species. Least concern (LC): 3,306 species. Data deficient (DD): 872 species. Mammalian species (IUCN, 2020-1) 5850 extant species have been evaluated. 4978 of those are fully assessed [a] 3651 are not threatened at present [b] 1244 to 2116 are threatened [c] 81 to 83 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
The Top 23 Strangest and Most Bizarre Animals Still on the Planet Today. Em Thomas. October 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM. ... when the lesser bilby became extinct. The greater bilby is still alive (though ...
A female individual was rediscovered on the island on an expedition in 2019 for the Animal Planet show Extinct or Alive. [41] Voeltzkow's chameleon (Furcifer voeltzkowi) Victorian grassland bearded dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla), feared extinct since 1969, rediscovered in 2023 [42]
The extinct dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) reached 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length and weighed between 50 and 110 kg (110 and 243 lb). [ 42 ] [ 169 ] The largest wolf ( Canis lupus ) subspecies ever existed in Europe is the Canis lupus maximus from the Late Pleistocene of France .
The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was a dog-like marsupial with the head of a wolf. The shy Australian animals died after only a century of European settlement. Despite the world's last captive ...