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2018756 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(21 ratings)• TMDB

Extinct or Alive

2018756 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(21 ratings)• TMDB

A quest to rediscover animals thought to be extinct.

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A quest to rediscover animals thought to be extinct.

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What if extinct animals weren't really extinct? Forrest Gallante, a wildlife biologist, is scouring the globe using cutting edge technology on his mission to find species that the world has stopped looking for.

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