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Related: About this forumSaola- The Asian Unicorn Caught on Camera
Saola or the Asian Unicorn, a rare and highly endangered mammal was recently caught on camera in Vietnam, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced Thursday. This is the first time that the mammal has been spotted in over 15 years.
The image was taken by a camera trap set at in the Central Annamite mountains by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Vietnamese government's Forest Protection Department.
"When our team first looked at the photos we couldn't believe our eyes. Saola (pronounced as sow-la) are the holy grail for South-east Asian conservationists so there was a lot of excitement," said Dr. Van Ngoc Thinh, WWF-Vietnam's Country Director. "This is a breath-taking discovery and renews hope for the recovery of the species."
The elusive mammal has two parallel horns with sharp ends, which in some cases are as long as 50 inches. Saola is a distant relative of a wild cow, although it looks like a deer. WWF said last year that the animal could go extinct within the next few years due to loss of habitat in Vietnam and Laos.
Camera traps help conservationists get a glimpse of rare animals in their natural habitat. Recently, researchers at Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Imperial College London obtained a photo of a Bornean bay cat (Pardofelis badia) - a rare, spotted cat living in the rainforests of Borneo.
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Saola- The Asian Unicorn Caught on Camera (Original Post)
n2doc
Nov 2013
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TDale313
(7,820 posts)1. Very cool, but how is that a unicorn?
By definition wouldn't it be a bicorn? Two horns and all?
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)2. Was thinking the same thing. Two horns =/= unicorn.
Still a cool rediscovery.
JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)3. Maybe a unicorn...
...in profile.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)4. Yeah, or possibly this was a species...
Where some were regularly born with one horn instead of two.
yesphan
(1,587 posts)5. Well, nice.
The habitat is not completely natural as the wall behind the animal was built by humans.
Also, the eyes are clouded over and wound on the shoulder looks to be chipped off as if the animal
has been taxidermied.