Show Notes
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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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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