Crouching Tiger, Hidden Data
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
The recent possible discovery of a Javan tiger, thought to be extinct, highlights Indonesia's lack of data on it's own natural gems.
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THE photograph taken in Ujung Kulon, Banten, of a giant cat believed to be a Javan tiger is both exhilirating and depressing. Now there is hope that this rare species is not extinct, as was declared by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in 1994. But it is also depressing as the photo, taken by a national park ranger, was released before there was any scientific proof that this feline actually is a Panthera tigris sondaica.
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