Capybaras in the desert? Fossil casts doubt on Atacama as world's oldest continuously dry region
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“The discovery of a capybara fossil in Chile's Atacama Desert suggests the region was once a wet, riparian environment capable of supporting water-dependent animals.”
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Wildlife stories like this remind us that animals are far more complex than we imagine. The moderate weirdness score suggests this is unusual but not completely unprecedented.
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