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Scientists have long considered the long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bartoni) nearly impossible to study. One of the world's oldest, rarest, and shyest animals, it's found only the rain forests of New Guinea and surrounding islands. But Muse Opiang, whose initial. research was at the Bronx Zoo in New York, managed to capture and attach transmitters to 22 echidnas. The spiny creatures are a living link between birds and mammals: Although they lay eggs, they nurse their young...