fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoAustralia's spiky, shuffling, egg-laying echidna evolved in extremely rare' event, scientists say
Echidnas and another Australian oddityâthe semi-aquatic platypusâare believed to have evolved from a common ancestor called Kryoryctes cadburyi that lived in Australia more than 100m years ago.
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