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In Australia, there's a little critter known as the marsupial mole. It has lush, golden fur. It is blind. It has flipper-like front feet so it can swim through desert sands. And it is not easy to find ...

"Their body plan and limbs and stuff look just like the European mole or the star-nosed mole," he says, "but they are completely unrelated." Like kangaroos, marsupial moles have a pouch, although it's ...

"Their body plan and limbs and stuff look just like the European mole or the star-nosed mole," he says, "but they are completely unrelated." Like kangaroos, marsupial moles have a pouch ...