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Solomon Islands expedition seeks to conserve the extraordinary monkey-faced bat and giant rat

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageArtists's impression of a Monkey-faced Bat (Genus Pteralopex)Ivy Shih/Australian Museum

The Australian Museum has announced a scientific expedition to the Solomon Islands to research a coconut cracking megabat and giant rat, with Professor Tim Flannery as one of the leaders of the program.

The expedition will be the most extensive survey of the...

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