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Trapped In Amber
Around 99 million years ago, this tiny, hairy snail, called Archaeocyclotus brevivillosus, was trapped in a lump of amber, fossilising it in the process. Researchers uncovered the nine-millimetre-long snail in Hukawng Valley in northern Burma in Marc
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WELCOME Issue 188
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How Animals hunt
From stealthily stalking prey to launching a coordinated attack, the world’s predators have evolved a multitude of techniques to find and kill their food. Many of these involve using their senses to sniff out or spot their prey from a great distance.

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