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Listed below are comments made by Sian - BBC between Thursday, 17th September 2009 and Thursday, 12th November 2009.

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• It's not all bad... 11:04am on 12 Nov 2009 Hi Lucy - great to hear your students are enjoying the book. Please email lastchancetosee@bbc.co.uk so we can give you more info.
• A strange week 09:46am on 02 Nov 2009 Hi there
  
  From this week, there will be a change to how you leave comments on this blog - we're upgrading our current registration system to a new and improved one. When you sign in to the new system, you will be prompted to upgrade your existing account, and you should be able to do that with a minimum of fuss. The only thing to mention is that if you have more than one BBC membership registered to one email address, make sure you upgrade your favourite one. More details on this can be found on the BBC Internet Blog. Please leave comments below if you have any problems, or email lastchancetosee@bbc.co.uk if you get really stuck.
  
  All the best
  
  
• Where would I live? 11:46am on 26 Oct 2009 Hi there jashefm - I think you're talking about the programme organised in Madagascar. You can find out more about this on the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust website.
• It's not all bad... 4:42pm on 20 Oct 2009 Hi
  
  Bervanjack - Last Chance to See has been very well received but there are no plans at the moment for a second series. And Ammaletu, I have no news on the possibility of a Last Chance to See calendar!
  
  Khanny_ Depending on where you live you may be in luck as the series may be broadcast outside the UK soon. Check your local channels for more information.
• It's not all bad... 5:58pm on 19 Oct 2009 Hi there
  
  Bervanjack - you may be interested in the interview with Mark Carwardine that we put up last week on Mark's profile page. In it he mentions filming with Stephen Fry and Douglas Adams. Apologies, I posted the wrong link last time!
  
  There's also a comment from Tim Green, series producer, on another thread about the decision not to go to China. You can read it here.
  
  Great to hear that so many people have enjoyed the series. It is still available to watch again from our Episode Guide section.
• It's not all bad... 4:18pm on 16 Oct 2009 Hi there
  The original BBC radio series is available to UK users exclusively on this website. Listen to the original series.
  
  We've also just published a video interview with Mark Carwardine reflecting on the last two years of filming for the Last Chance to See TV series - Watch the Mark Carwardine post-journey interview
• It's not all bad... 4:10pm on 13 Oct 2009 Hi there Khanny_
  
  I'm afraid the radio series isn't available outside the UK. This is due to rights agreements which prevent us from making the content available internationally.
  
  You can listen live to current Radio 4 programmes and some podcasts at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/.
  
  You can also read extracts of the new book in our About section
• Brazil conclusions 6:10pm on 21 Sep 2009 Hi there - Mark's been away but has asked us to post a response to some of the questions above:
  
  As you say, it's terribly sad that the baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin, has become extinct in the 20 years since Douglas and I were in China. We do talk about it in the final programme, while we are searching for a range of other dolphins and whales, and make the point quite strongly that it has gone. I firmly believe that the more people who know about it, the better. In answer to your other question, there are several different species of manatee. The Amazonian manatee, which is the one Stephen and I went to look for, occurs mainly in freshwater (though it is sometimes seen in the mouth of the Amazon). The West Indian manatee, or Florida manatee, is most likely the one you've seen at sea. It is larger and lighter in colour than the Amazonian and spends a lot of time in saltwater. Most photographs of manatees you see published in books and magazines are of this species and were taken in either Crystal River or Homosassa Springs, in Florida.
• Protecting wildlife in a war zone 6:06pm on 21 Sep 2009 Hi Samilambipie - Mark's been out of the country this week but he's just sent us a response to your questions above.
  
  That's a tricky one! I suppose we should never say never - and there are plenty of examples from around the world of animals that were once believed to be extinct suddenly reappearing and surprising everyone. However, the latest news from Garamba is that no northern white rhinos have been sighted there since March 2006 (and, even then, there were only four left). All the experts I have spoken to believe that it is now extinct in the wild. The only light at the end of the tunnel is that there are 10 left in captivity (San Diego Wild Animal Park and Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic). They haven't had any calves for nearly a decade, but there is a possibility of moving them to a safe haven in East Africa, hoping against all hope that the wide expanse of the African sky, and a last chance to stand on African soil, might encourage them to breed. Thankfully, the southern white rhino is doing pretty well in comparison, with more than 17,480 currently in the wild in Africa.
• Protecting wildlife in a war zone 3:13pm on 17 Sep 2009 Hi, nickinic35 - as a response to your comment, we'll soon be adding links so you can see the work of various conservation groups. We'll keep you posted.
  It seems that you're all enjoying the series so far. You can hear Stephen Fry talking about Last Chance to See on Steve Wright's Show presented by Graham Norton. He was also on Radio 4's Excess Baggage on Saturday. Only a couple more days to listen again!

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