Don't Call Me Extinct

Sidedoor

Smithsonian Institution

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🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Extinct species don’t usually get a do-over…but don’t tell that to the scimitar-horned oryx. Erased from the wild for three decades, these desert antelope are back in the Central African country of Chad with a thriving herd of over a hundred individuals. But how did this happen? We visit the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and a remote animal reserve in the United Arab Emirates to reveal the twists and turns of this amazing comeback story.

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0:00.0	This is Side Door, a podcast from a Smithsonian with support from PRX. I'm Tony Cone.
0:15.0	Side Door producer Rachel Aaron off, welcome to the microphone.
0:22.0	Side door host Tony Kahn.
0:24.0	Thanks so much for having me.
0:25.0	Okay.
0:26.0	So what do you have for me?
0:27.0	I have an idea.
0:29.0	But before I tell you my idea, I also have a question for you.
0:32.0	Okay. So in two words, one with a hyphen in it,
0:36.0	can you tell me what this episode we're doing is about?
0:38.0	What this episode's about?
0:40.0	This one.
0:41.0	Yeah, it's...
0:42.0	Is that enough of a clue for you?
0:43.0	It's enough of a clue.
0:44.0	Semitar-horned oryx.
0:47.0	You got it. You are pulling right into my hands.
0:50.0	Okay, second question.
0:52.0	Do you think you knew what a Semitar Hoond Works was before we started research for this story? Yeah. Me neither, right? It's like I grew up with some weird animals in my household, a chinchilla, a parrot, we did not own a
1:04.4	cemetery horned orix. You know? It wasn't in the beanie baby collection.
1:08.3	It wasn't in the beanie baby collection. So this brings me to my idea. You
1:12.2	ready? I'm ready.
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