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Living Fossil Discovered in the Flesh
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: March 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:30
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First, George Schaller, a naturalist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, discovered a Laotian rock rat carcass at a market. Then, a few months later, that startling discovery was followed by the live...