Attenborough's long-beaked echidna rediscovered, one of 5 species of egg-laying mammal species (evolution, wildlife)

[jbgusa]

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, see Elusive egg-laying mammal caught on camera for the first time (link) was just rediscovered in Indonesia. Excerpt:

The long-beaked echidna is named for wildlife documentarian and conservationist Sir David Attenborough and has only been recorded by scientists once in 1961. It is considered a monotreme, or an evolutionary distinct group of mammals who can lay eggs. The platypus is also a monotreme and there are only five remaining species of these strange types of mammal on Earth.

Utterly fascinating.

[Parnassia]

Cool!

[puginabug]

Wow that’s pretty awesome.