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Donkees

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Fri Dec 16, 2022, 01:56 PM Dec 2022

Hoatzin, a bird related to dinosaurs [View all]



In 2015, genetic research indicated that the hoatzin is the last surviving member of a bird line that branched off in its own direction 64 million years ago, shortly after the extinction event that killed the non-avian dinosaurs.







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