Really big news about Somali Sengis

We see that we have not posted much about the vultures recently.  In the coming days we'll catch up, but for now, we wanted to share this really big news from Djibouti and the Horn of Africa.  The Somali Sengis (elephant shrew, Elephantulus revoilii) has been rediscoverd, and Djibouti Nature's Houssein Rayaleh was part of the team that did that.  Have a look at the article https://peerj.com/articles/9652/  

Here are some of the news accounts:

https://www.globalwildlife.org/blog/seeking-the-somali-sengi

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53820395  

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/18/tiny-elephant-shrew-species-missing-for-50-years-rediscovered  

https://www.wionews.com/world/long-lost-elephant-shrew-found-in-horn-of-africa-321492 

https://www.barrons.com/news/long-lost-elephant-shrew-found-in-horn-of-africa-01597745110?tesla=y 

 https://twitter.com/search?q=Elephant+Shrew&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/long-lost-elephant-shrew-found-in-horn-of-africa-1.5068543?cache=yes%3Fautoplay%3Dtrue 

https://www.rfi.fr/en/wires/20200818-long-lost-elephant-shrew-found-horn-africa