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A plant thought extinct for nearly 60 years just turned up in the Australian outback — spotted in the background of a hiker’s random photograph
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-plant-thought-extinct-for-nearly-60-years-just-turned-up-in-the-australian-outback-spotted-in-the-background-of-a-hiker-s-random-photograph/ar-AA23za54
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Like ripples in time
#Lazarus #Irwinteams
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A plant thought extinct for nearly 60 years just turned up in the Australian outback — spotted in the background of a hiker’s random…
Somewhere in the red dust and spinifex of remote northern Queensland, a small plant quietly did what no botanist expected: it kept living. Ptilotus senarius, a member of the Amaranthaceae family, had not been documented in the wild since 1967. For 58 years…
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94 years after it was last seen, the rusty lark is photographed for the first time ever
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/94-years-after-it-was-last-seen-the-rusty-lark-is-photographed-for-the-first-time-ever/ar-AA23Ppi8
Like Ripples in Time
#Lazarus #Irwinteams
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/94-years-after-it-was-last-seen-the-rusty-lark-is-photographed-for-the-first-time-ever/ar-AA23Ppi8
Like Ripples in Time
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94 years after it was last seen, the rusty lark is photographed for the first time ever
How do you lose a species? While some sadly go extinct, others are simply lost to the passage of time. They might never reappear, but a lucky few that can be spotted once more – such as in the case of the rusty lark, seen in Chad for the first time in 94…