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Rare egg-laying mammal rediscovered in Indonesia (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/environment

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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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[–] stallmer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

…and the body of a mid-aged man.

[–] Rentlar 2 points 1 year ago

Must be Knuckles, the last of his kind, guardian of the Master Emerald.