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Posted on 06/13/2025 3:05:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Scientists have confirmed the rediscovery of Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, a species previously thought to be extinct for over 60 years.
This ancient, egg-laying mammal was found deep within the rainforests of Indonesia.
It is scientifically known as Zaglossus attenboroughi and named after the legendary naturalist David Attenborough.
Echidnas, characterized by their spiky fur and beaks, are often referred to as "living fossils" due to their ancient lineage, believed to have originated around 200 million years ago during the time of dinosaurs...
In 2023, during an Oxford University expedition to the remote Cyclops Mountains — located 2,000m (6,561ft) above sea level — a glimmer of hope emerged...
During June and July 2023, the team conducted camera-trap surveys in the Cyclops Mountains, setting up 73 camera traps across a 7 km² area...
These cameras captured it: 110 photographs from 26 separate events – irrefutable proof that Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was alive and thriving in the Cyclops Mountains.
The long-beaked echidna is one of just five living species of egg-laying mammals on Earth.
These creatures belong to an ancient lineage called monotremes, which diverged from other mammals (marsupials and placental mammals) more than 200 million years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at interestingengineering.com ...
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Z. attenboroughi caught in camera traps.NPJ Biodiversity.
Thanks for the link!
Aw, what a cute l’il ‘possum!
If it’s alive...it’s not a fossil...
Might be tasty, baked with some sweet potatoes and onions.
They lay eggs, I’m thinkin’ omelets.
Enchidna’s arf of you.
My first two thoughts were:
SloJo Biden
&
Kamala's liver
RE: Living fossil found....
In the Congress. (Joke was too easy.)
lol
In before the Helen Thomas pic.
That too. Have those little scamps properly extinct again in no time.
Tastes like chicken.
Sounds good!
Kill it before it mooltiplies!
There have been a bunch of those, most of them are now past tense. Flashback:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/fanne-fox-wilbur-mills-washington-hubris.html
I call that animal a Kiwi Bird! That’s the same odd duck I used to see on small cans of shoe polish, years ago, back when I worried about keeping my shoes shined glossy and black.
(Navy times).
Ha. We’ve suffered enough lately. Maybe we can be spared.
I posted a gallery of Maxine Waters (age 86 and will be 87 in August.)
Cute little bugger. When I read the title, I thought it was another article about Helen Thomas.
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