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A lost world: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old wildlife (phys.org)
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cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/23531

Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's North Island, the first time a large number of million-year-old fossils have been found—including an ancestor of the large flightless Kākāpō parrot.

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now see this is the cool kind of spelunking I can get down with, a nice big airy cave with fossils. I do not like the caves where you need to crawl to get in and aaaaaaaah claustrophobia.

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

shocked-dino Love me flightless birds, simple as

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

chairman-moa show me MOOOOOOOOOAAAAAA