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10-11-2023, 04:18 PM
Scientists have filmed an ancient egg-laying mammal named after Sir David Attenborough for the first time, proving it isn't extinct as was feared.
An expedition to Indonesia led by Oxford University researchers recorded four three-second clips of Attenborough's long-beaked echidna.
Spiky, furry and with a beak, echidnas have been called "living fossils".
They are thought to have emerged about 200 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/AE0B/production/_131655544_b66dfea9-4aca-4d92-9779-5b5916619e81.png.webp
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67363874
An expedition to Indonesia led by Oxford University researchers recorded four three-second clips of Attenborough's long-beaked echidna.
Spiky, furry and with a beak, echidnas have been called "living fossils".
They are thought to have emerged about 200 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/AE0B/production/_131655544_b66dfea9-4aca-4d92-9779-5b5916619e81.png.webp
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67363874