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The plight of the pig-nosed turtle, one of the unlucky 13 added to Australia's threatened species list
But pig-nosed turtles are different again, with flippers mostly made of elongated fingers. This makes them the bats of the turtle world. Mother turtles lay eggs in the sandy bank beside the water ...
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Eight tiny but mighty mammals on Earth that are as cute as a button
this remarkable bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), also known as Kitti’s hog-nosed bat due to its pink pig-like nose, is the ...
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Lesser long-nosed bat
This bat species is part of the leaf-nosed bat family, meaning they have a triangular flap of tissue shaped like a leaf at the end of their noses. Those noses help them detect the scent of ...