There are many animals that we called weird animals. They are considered weird because of their rareness or because it is hard to be seen.
A lot of scientific researchers are making the discovery of these bizarre animals. These animals need special conservation groups to keep the continuity of the animals.
A conservation group, Global Wildlife Conservation recently announced a rediscovery of Somali sengi elephant-shrews. The animal has lost to science since the late 1960s. The research was published in the Journal PeerJ.
The Somali sengi was on the organization’s list of the most wanted species.
The animal was seen to be alive and roaming in Djibouti with plenty of proof. A picture of a live Somali sengi was released by the conservation group as their first scientific documentation of the species. The picture showed the animal was standing on some rocks.
Somali sengi is more closely related to elephants than actual shrews and has a trunk-like nose. The insect-eater was caught after attracted to peanut butter, yeast, and oatmeal bait. The animal is seen to be safe in their habitat. The animal habitat is in the range across Somalia and Djibouti.
Houssein Rayaleh, a research ecologist from Association Djibouti Nature stated that they never considered the sengi to be lost even though it has not been found after 50 years. They valued the new research to bring back the Somali sengi into the scientific community.
Source: cnet.com
