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A golden mole that "swims" in sand has resurfaced in South Africa after 87 years in the wilderness when many specialists feared it had become extinct, researchers have said.Even now the researchers have not physically seen the blind mole that has an iridescent coat sheen that allows it to "swim" through sand.