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Lazarus species: 13 'extinct' animals found alive

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Lazarus species: 13 'extinct' animals found alive

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Chacoan peccary
CREDIT: Wiki Commons/Dave Pape
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Posted By Ecotropical - Mon, Dec 21 2009 at 1:01 AM EST

Just Goes to Show

you truly cannot FOOL Mother Nature. Humans believe they know it all. There is only one Supreme maker.

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Chacoan peccary

The Chacoan is the largest (by size) species of peccary, a beast that resembles a pig but hails from a different continent and cannot be domesticated. The Chacoan peccary was first described in 1930 based only on fossil records, and was believed to be extinct. Then in 1975, surprised researchers discovered one alive in the Chaco region of Paraguay. Today there are around 3,000 known individuals. 
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