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Wyoming ranch dog's 1981 find was a species thought extinct
A-Z Animals says the ranch dog's find raised questions for scientists about a species presumed gone for good; the dog has not commented.
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Chip Darnell on this story, from BBN Tonight at 9:19 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are A-Z Animals's, the jokes are ours.

Footage: USFWS Mountain Prairie · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
At a glance
- First reported by A-Z Animals: “A Wyoming Ranch Dog Brought Home A Strange Carcass In 1981: It Was A Species Presumed Extinct - A-Z Animals”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 9:19 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Kenji Moonfield and Chip Darnell.
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What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA-Z Animals reports that in nineteen eighty-one a Wyoming ranch dog hauled home a strange carcass, and it turned out to be a species everyone presumed extinct.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe dog found the whole species and everybody else just filed paperwork.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThis is not the actual ferret, by the way, it's archive footage, but roll it.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm only watching to be polite. Okay, they're all piling up around those black tubes.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch this ferret on the right, he's inspecting the tubing like a landlord. That is elite.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRun it back.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook who cares now.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHere they go, rolling over the sand and in and out of the tubes, and none of them are even trying to be extinct.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorKenji, give it a score before I ask for a second replay.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEight out of ten, and the two points off are for the dog never getting a ranch-wide parade.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRex, what's your take on a mascot with a better résumé than your whole bench?
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