First ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct
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Expedition captures first ever footage of spiky egg-laying mammal that walked with dinosaurs.

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.

An expedition to Indonesia lead by Oxford University researchers recorded four three-second clips of the Attenborough long-beaked echidna.

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