BREAKING!!! MAJOR FINDING! Found at last: Bizarre, egg-laying mammal finally rediscovered after 60 years!

Nov 10, 2023 #NBCNews #WorldNews

Scientists have rediscovered a species in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains for the first time in 60 years.

Known as Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, the mammal is named after famous British naturalist David Attenborough.

Pretty cool! Thanks! 5 stars.

apparently this animal is aleady found in a zoo? so why does the news say that it hasn't been seen in 60 years? that seems odd!!




















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no problem! thanks, friend!!

ov 10, 2023 #Reuters #Indonesia #Oxford

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.



Last Edited by Digital mix guy Spock on 11/13/2023 09:26 AM

Okay, okay, yes there are two types of echidna. the one in zoos is the one below. the other one has been found again after 60 years!!


The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), also called the short-nosed echidna, is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus. It is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialised tongue, which it uses to catch its insect prey at a great speed. Like the other extant monotremes, the short-beaked echidna lays eggs; the monotremes are the only living group of mammals to do so.

The short-beaked echidna has extremely strong front limbs and claws, which allow it to burrow quickly with great power. As it needs to be able to survive underground, it has a significant tolerance to high levels of carbon dioxide and low levels of oxygen. It has no weapons or fighting ability but deters predators by curling into a ball and deterring them with its spines. It lacks the ability to sweat and cannot deal with heat well, so it tends to avoid daytime activity in hot weather. It can swim if needed. The snout has mechanoreceptors and electroreceptors that help the echidna to detect its surroundings.

During the Australian winter, it goes into deep torpor and hibernation, reducing its metabolism to save energy. As the temperature increases, it emerges to mate. Female echidnas lay one egg a year and the mating period is the only time the otherwise solitary animals meet one another; the male has no further contact with the female or his offspring after mating. A newborn echidna is the size of a grape but grows rapidly on its mother's milk, which is very rich in nutrients. Baby echidnas eventually grow too large and spiky to stay in the pouch and, around seven weeks after hatching, are expelled from the pouch into the mother's burrow. At around six months of age, they leave the burrow and have no more contact with their mothers.

The species is found throughout Australia, where it is the most widespread native mammal, and in coastal and highland regions of eastern New Guinea, where it is known as the mungwe in the Daribi and Chimbu languages.[5] It is not threatened with extinction, but human activities, such as hunting, habitat destruction, and the introduction of foreign predatory species and parasites, have reduced its abundance in Australia.


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ok, this is the echidna that has just been found by scientists.




Attenborough's long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi), also known as Sir David's long-beaked echidna or the Cyclops long-beaked echidna, is one of three species from the genus Zaglossus that inhabits the island of New Guinea.[4] It lives in the Cyclops Mountains, which are near the cities of Sentani and Jayapura in the Indonesian province of Papua. It is named in honour of naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

It is currently classified as critically endangered by the IUCN, and it had rarely been seen since its initial collection in 1961 until a sighting in 2023.[5]


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My grands would call that…Knuckles

Knuckles is a fictional red anthropomorphic echidna, the only living descendant of a well-established clan of echidnas. For many years, his clan guarded a giant gemstone called the Master Emerald, which controls the Chaos Emeralds, objects central to the Sonic the Hedgehog game series

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All caps too??