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Ice age fly found alive in Scotland!
Jun 14 2006, Irani

Britain considered as one of the most studied and explored countries in the world have shown that it still preserve some of the undiscovered and unusual lives on Earth. Scientists here have discovered two new fly species, both in the Scottish mountains.

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