Until of late , all of these plant and animals were assumed missing or nonextant .
1. Bermuda Land Snail
Hiding time:40 age
Bermuda ’s endemic escargot long elude researchers until 2014 when one turned up … in an alleyway . “ People have been looking for these snails for decade , and here they are palisade by concrete and air conditioners , ” Mark Outerbridge , an ecologist , told theRoyal Gazette .
2. Mountain Pygmy Possum
Hiding time:70 years
First identified by fossil remains in the 1890s , everybody wear that this palm - sized marsupial was extinct until one was caught lounging in an Australian ski hut in the 1960s .
3. Fernandina Giant Tortoise
Hiding metre : More than 115 years
One of 15 giant tortoise species native to the Galapagos ( two of which are extinct ) , the last Fernandina titan was believe to be long dead until an senior female person come out of her shell ( figuratively speaking ) earlier this year .
4. Oriental Blue Clearwing
Hiding Time:130 years
This promising sorry moth in the Malayan rainforest cleverly eludes predators — and ostensibly life scientist — by mime the appearance and behaviour of the hobo camp ’s aboriginal sapphire - colour bees .
5. Fairy Lantern
Hiding Time:151 days
Rather than trust on photosynthesis , this plant life from Southeast Asia gets its food from fungus in the filth . ( And when it blooms , it resemble a terrifying creature from the movieAlien . )
