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Scientists have filmed an ancient egg-laying mammal named after Sir David Attenborough for the first time, proving it isn't extinct as was feared.

Dr James Kempton from Oxford University was a member of the team that led the expedition.

鈥淭hese are the kinds of vestigial characters that reflect the very early evolutionary history of mammals, we鈥檙e looking back around 200 million years here.鈥�

Dr Kempton says he鈥檚 been in 鈥渓etter correspondence鈥� with Sir David Attenborough, and that Sir David is 鈥渁bsolutely delighted鈥�.

Until now, the only evidence that this particular species Zaglossus attenboroughi existed was a decades-old museum specimen of a dead animal.

This clip is from 5 Live Breakfast 10 November 2023..

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