Record numbers of blood-sucking lamprey fish in Murray River system in Australia
29 Apr, 2021 05:32 AM
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Scientists have found an endangered native fish in record numbers in the Murray River system, which is great news for the environment and lamprey fish. Photo / Getty Images
Scientists have found an endangered native fish in record numbers in the Murray River system, which is great news for the environment and lamprey fish. Photo / Getty Images
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By: Evin Priest
An ancient, blood-sucking fish has made a comeback from near-extinction after record numbers were monitored in the Murray River system in southeastern Australia last year.
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Rare Bone Point Discovered in Australia
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA Researchers from Flinders University and Griffith University have analyzed a rare ancient bone point recovered in southern Australia,
Cosmos Magazine reports. In 2008, during excavations in collaboration with the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation, archaeologists unearthed the artifact from a midden along the Lower Murray River, an area where bone objects had not been found since the 1970s. Now, they have dated the point to between 5,300 and 3,800 years ago and determined that it was fashioned from either kangaroo or wallaby bone. The artifact may have been used as a pin on a soft material such as a possum fur cloak, archaeologists Chris Wilson and Amy Roberts explained, or as a projectile point for hunting. To read about the use of stencils to create rock art in northern Australia, go to Miniature Masterpieces.
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