Many of the excursions were written into the companion book, though not all, allegedly due to Adams' notorious writing delays. Many of these excursions became the basis for the BBC Radio 4 series of the same name. Later this developed into several journeys to find various species, including the Komodo dragon on the island of Komodo in Indonesia, gorillas and white rhinoceroses in Zaire, Kakapos in New Zealand, the Yangtze River Dolphin in China, Rodrigues fruit bats ( megabat) on the island of Rodrigues, and various other species in these locations. The " Observer Colour Magazine" initiated moves in 1985 to send a zoologist, Mark Carwardine, and a writer, Douglas Adams, to Madagascar, to search for the aye-aye, a nearly extinct lemur. The theme of documentary was to feature animal species which were endangered or threatened with extinction. The book "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine was first published in 1990, as a companion to the BBC radio series of the same name.
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