haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 11 months agoRare egg-laying mammal (echidna) rediscovered in Indonesiawww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkRare egg-laying mammal (echidna) rediscovered in Indonesiawww.cbc.cahaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareEeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoSemi click bait title. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna was last recorded more than 60 years ago However it is listed as critically endangered. This species has only been scientifically recorded once before, by a Dutch botanist in 1961. A different echidna species is found throughout Australia and lowland New Guinea. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/echidna-fact-sheet/
Semi click bait title. Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna was last recorded more than 60 years ago However it is listed as critically endangered.