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Discovering the Missing Lynx

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: June 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:32

Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn't know they were missing. Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-2 Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn't know they were missing. They're a group of Iberian lynx added to only 110 previously thought to exist. Their exact number and location hasn't been revealed...

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Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn't know they were missing. They're a group of Iberian lynx added to only 110 previously thought to exist. Their exact number and location hasn't been revealed...