Live birth started earlier than we thought!

Researchers in Australia have discovered an amazing fossil that shows indisputable proof of a live birth. Dubbed “Mother Fish”, the fossil placoderm has a tiny embryo, still attached by a placenta, tucked under her fin. She is also a new genus and species, Materpiscis attenboroughi, named for the naturalist David Attenborough who first discovered the location of the find. You can read the full story here.

I am having some connectivity problems out here in my beloved desert Eden, so I apologize if I am not able to write as much as I’d like. We’ve ordered equipment from a different company and different provider which should arrive in a few days. Hopefully, it will resolve the problems.

Summer Fey Foovay

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