Meet Mohammed Almuntasir: The Libyan wildlife photographer whose 18-second YouTube video proved a “ghost cat” still lives in Libya
- Image AI generatedIn 2017, Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded an 18-second YouTube video that appeared to show nothing more than a small sand cat sheltering beneath a desert shrub in Libya.
- The clip would later become the first documented evidence of the species in the country, prompting an eight-year effort to establish where the elusive animals were living.
- Almuntasir was already familiar with sand cats, having seen them at night while photographing wildlife across Libya.
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- Image AI generatedIn 2017, Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded an 18-second YouTube video that appeared to show nothing more than a small sand cat sheltering beneath a desert shrub in Libya.
- The clip would later become the first documented evidence of the species in the country, prompting an eight-year effort to establish where the elusive animals were living.
- Almuntasir was already familiar with sand cats, having seen them at night while photographing wildlife across Libya.
Sources: Times of India