The elephant-shrew looks like a mouse designed by a committee. It's got a trunk like a pachyderm, the tail of a kangaroo and an anteater's tongue
Doug Owsley is the Smithsonian's bone detective and can read a human skeleton, like you can read this post
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Six-o-clock in the morning is when the action begins at the National Zoo. Think you’re grumpy without breakfast?
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