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Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered

Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered

Update: 2025-05-23
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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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Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered

Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered