De Winton’s #GoldenMole, a blind mole that lives beneath the sand, seen here on #PortNolloth beach in South Africa. The last reported sighting of one was in 1937. .. known for ‘swimming’ beneath the sand, on the beaches around the small port town. Their habitat is under threat from #DiamondMining

Photograph: Nicky Souness/#Endangered Wildlife Trust/AFP

Greasy Yet Adorable #Mole Resurfaces After Hiding Out For 8 Decades --
Guess who's back, back again? The #DeWinton's #goldenmole

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dewintons-golden-mole-found_n_656b5640e4b066e398b7ad12
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/01/world/de-winton-golden-mole-rediscovered-c2e-scn-spc-intl/index.html
https://go.skimresources.com/?id=38395X987171&xs=1&xcust=656b5640e4b066e398b7ad12&url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs10531-023-02728-2

Back from the brink: sand-swimming #GoldenMole, feared #extinct rediscovered after 86 years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/30/back-from-the-brink-de-wintons-golden-mole-feared-extinct-rediscovered-after-86-years-aoe

"An elusive, iridescent golden mole not recorded since before the second world war has been rediscovered swimming in the sand in north-west #SouthAfrica.

It gets its 'golden' name from oily secretions that lubricate its fur so it can swim through sand #dunes. This means it does not create conventional tunnels, making it all the harder to detect."