Reports that the Chinese river Dolphin or Baiji seemed to be extinct may have been premature. Chinese media, particularly the official Xinhua news agency, report that the dolphin has been sighted.

The man who spotted the dolphin filmed at long distance. According to experts the distance makes it impossible to say with 100% certainty whether it was a Baiji or not, but it is likely to have been.

If any Baiji can be found in the wild scientist hope to capture them in order to breed them and keep the species alive.

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