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WASHINGTON — When the British naturalist George Shaw received a weird specimen from Australia in 1799 — one with a mole’s fur, a duck’s bill, and spurs on its rear legs — he did what any skeptical scientist would do: He looked for the stitching and glue that would unveil it to be a hoax.
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|WASHINGTON — When the British naturalist George Shaw received a weird specimen from Australia in 1799 — one with a mole’s fur, a duck’s bill, and spurs on its rear legs — he did what any skeptical scientist would do: He looked for the stitching and glue that would unveil it to be a hoax.
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