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A new fossil species of horseshoe crab was recently discovered and it was named after David Attenborough (Attenborolimulus superspinosus). There are only four known species of horseshoe crabs alive today, but the fossil record shows that hundreds of millions of years ago they were many more species.
Attenborolimulus superspinosus is one of more than 12 animals named after Sir David Attenborough, who has dedicated his life to helping us appreciate the beauty and vitality of the natural world.
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As of 24 June, 2022, there are 23,081! (wait, whAT?! 
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A Dillingham pilot says he spotted the creature while flying passengers to Manokotak last week. He calculated that its wingspan matched the length of a wing on his Cessna 207. That’s about 14 feet.
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← This sequence is cropped (and looped) from the last 10 frames of the video captured on Sol 6 by a camera on the lander for NASA’s Mars Pathfinder rover. Not enough pixels, but still, mighty impressive. This evidence was discovered -way- back in the day by 
