Tales from the cryptozoologists
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1995:
Freelance writer Peter Zahler and math teacher Chantal Dietemann, of
Watertown, New York, recently rediscovered the woolly flying squirrel in the Sai Valley of
northern Pakistan. Presumed extinct, the two-foot-long squirrel, with a two-foot tail, was last
seen in 1924. Although Zhaler and Dietemann actually recovered partial specimens of the
squirrel from around the nests of eagle owls last summer, they delayed the announcement until
March, to obtain scientific confirmation of their findings.
Australian zoology student Elizabeth Sinclair recently captured a pair of Gilbert’s
rabbit kangaroos in a live trap set for short-tailed kangaroos, according to the March edition of
Geo magazine. Considered extinct for more than a century, Gilbert’s rabbit kangaroos were last
seen alive in 1869. A radio transmitter was strapped to the male, who was then released. The
female, who had young in her pouch, remains in captivity.