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The adorable long-beaked echidna is a rare type of egg-laying mammal that had eluded scientists for decades.
The 10 rarest animals in the world are still found in the wild but are dangerously close to becoming extinct.
Last seen by scientists over 60 years ago, the rare tree-dwelling mammal was captured on camera in some of Indonesia's most remote areas.
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Egg-laying animal, thought extinct for more than 60 years, captured on video for the first time
The long-beaked echidna was last recorded in 1961.