New Elephant Shrew Species Maybe Found in Kenya

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22 Sep 2010, 4:36 am

:D :D :D http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=11689614

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"It is believed to be a new species of giant sengi, otherwise known as an elephant shrew (Macroscelidea)," the conservationists from the Zoological Society of London and the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) scientists said in a statement.

"Once DNA samples have been collected, we look forward to conducting the genetic analysis required to determine whether or not this is indeed a new species of elephant shrew," Galen Rathbun from the California Academy of Sciences said.



This is so neat!



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22 Sep 2010, 5:22 am

Thats cool! Dunno if you heard about this but scientists in Australia are witnessing lizards evolving because a certain species there has just stopped laying eggs and is now giving birth instead.


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