So we were aware they weren't completely extinct since we were keeping a few around? The title makes it seem like it just popped up and was a complete surprise.
I'm sure when they were rediscovered, it was a complete surprise.
“South Island takahē were dramatically rediscovered in 1948 by Geoffrey Orbell in an isolated valley in the South Island's Murchison Mountains”
So we were aware they weren't completely extinct since we were keeping a few around? The title makes it seem like it just popped up and was a complete surprise.
I'm sure when they were rediscovered, it was a complete surprise.
“South Island takahē were dramatically rediscovered in 1948 by Geoffrey Orbell in an isolated valley in the South Island's Murchison Mountains”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takah%C4%93
Before some were found, they were thought to be extinct.