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    THE LUNGFISH

    Nov 12, 2024 2 minutes
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    Q&A NATURE’S WEIRDEST CREATURES

    In 1836, European scientists discovered a peculiar animal from the River Amazon that they struggled to identify. Its eel-like body was a few feet long and its air-filled lungs persuaded anatomists it must be a reptile. A year later, another specimen was found in Africa, and based on the

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