Extinct Animal Lost for 6,000 Years Found in West Papua

Wild Times: Wildlife Education

Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante

Nature, Science

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This week we discuss the largest snake ever found, Thylacine in West papua, and interview Jon Hall and Dr. Charles Foley on their extinct animal rediscovery. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Wild Times.
0:24.2	I love Jesus. As that started, I was going to tell you to stop because there was something wrong with the audio. And then I realized it was Peter. This is grawning. All right. So, first of all, this is the Wild Times. Welcome to our studio. Welcome to our podcast. Known as the greatest podcast, not on Earth, but in the universe. It's Joe Rogan's favorite podcast.
0:21.7	He says it at least once a week. He texted me about it actually. Oh, there you go. I'm your host for us, the broologist. We've got the bro-deucer and the brofessor here, Peter and Patrick, respectively. Kyle, behind the scenes, doing his thing. Don't know that we've ever added him in the intro before. He's just the bro
0:38.4	Switcher or something
0:40.3	I don't know
0:40.7	I'll have to think about that doing his thing. Don't know that we've ever added him in the intro before. He's just the bro switcher or something.
0:40.4	I don't know.
0:40.7	I'll have to think about that. Sure. He's junior producer. This is a good, it's going to be a good show. There's going to be a good show. Do you want to explain the very exciting thing that's coming up? We're going to have an, We're going to do an interview in a little bit.
0:52.0	A guest with some guests, two guys.
0:55.2	Two guests, actually.
0:56.3	Who recently completed something. have an, we're going to do an interview in a little bit, a guest with some guests, two guys.
0:55.2	Two guests, actually.
0:56.3	Who recently completed something that's in the news. We have not met them yet.
1:00.8	They went to probably the most unexplored habitat on Earth.
1:05.0	I would agree with that.
1:05.8	And discovered one unknown species.
1:08.1	Yeah. Lost for thousands of years, only known from fossil records. Huge expedition. And we're going to ask them something that nobody's asked them. We're going to ask them if they heard any whisperings of thylacine while they were there. So that'll give you a clue as to where they went. That's coming up in about 20, 30 minutes, something like that. Yeah, let's do it. But until then, hey, Kyle, let me ask you a quick question.
1:28.6	Yes.
1:29.0	What's in the news?
1:30.3	What's in the news?
1:32.5	Okay.
1:34.2	Thank you for the jingles.
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