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LSU Research Bites: New Genome Study Explains How Hero Shrew Got Its Superhero-Worthy Backbone
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (821+ words) The hero shrew'scientific name Scutisorex somereni'is a rather unassuming, small grayish-brown mammal living in the forests of the Congo in Sub-Saharan Africa. But don't be fooled. It has a unique, superhero-worthy evolutionary anomaly: a spine composed of interlocking vertebrae, like…...