FOUND: What is related to an elephant but the size of a mouse, has hindlimbs built like a gazelle, & was lost to science since 1968? The Somali Sengi, an adorable elephant-shrew was recently rediscovered in Djibouti.
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Of course, 1968 was a horrible year, but 2020 isn't an ideal year to come out of hiding.
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Is the nose/mouth area some type of trunk?? Or it opens like a beak?!
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I remember these from when I was a kid in the 1960s! Too long ago to remember from where--maybe pics from books?
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I have a DVD, "Hidden Kingdoms" from BBC Earth that showcases this little creature.
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS LOST WHEN I JUST SAW IT ON A 2009 NATURE PROGRAM IN DETAIL.
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS LOST WHEN I JUST SAW IT ON A 2009 NATURE PROGRAM IN DETAIL...
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WOW!! THIS IS AWESOME!! THANK YOU 2020 ;-)
Elephant shrew rediscovered after being missing for 50 years !!! Woot !!
The mouse-sized mammal had been lost to science since 1968. Now, it's been rediscovered in Djibouti in Africa.
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those scientists captured the animals that lived peacefully hidden, then everyone especially the chinese will pay fortunes to capture the rest of them..
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This animal has been existing in somali inhabited areas for a long time.
Somalis called it walo sandheer.
It looks like the world never looked for it because every somali speaking individual knows it.
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I hope they left it there to live peacefully for another 50 years or more.
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