Rare egg-laying mammal rediscovered in Indonesia
Rare egg-laying mammal rediscovered in Indonesia
www.cbc.ca /news/science/echidna-video-1.7024966
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/9066564
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/9066278
Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia's Cyclops Mountains more than 60 years after it was last recorded.
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I coincidentally saw the only stuffed specimen of this species last weekend and I didn't even realise it was special, because it was just standing between the other animals without a sign saying it was thought extinct or anything.
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