A threatened species of frog thought to have inspired Mark Twain's tale of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" has been rediscovered in the county, 34 years after the frogs were last seen in the area.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/12/03/twain.frog.ap/index.html

[ Nature is more important than human pretensions. I am glad that part of our natural diversity has recovered, despite most of the rest of my species being so caught up with moral issues they can't take the time to give half a damn about what birthed them. ]