Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered

Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered

Sixty-two years after Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last scientifically recorded, Expedition Cyclops went on a mission to find out whether the species still exists in the Cyclops Mountains.


You can find out more about the long-beaked echidna here.


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If you’d like to learn more about the hunt for Attenborough’s echidna, click on the links below:


https://www.expeditioncyclops.org/

https://expeditioncyclops.substack.com/

https://www.yappenda.eco/

https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/people/james-kempton


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