Not a bat - but at one time it did have something in common with bats. Something it apparently originally had, lost, regained, and has now lost again.
No - am not sure what an ibex has in common with a bat. If I'm not wrong, that ibex only became extinct in the 1800s - the creature I'm talking about had been extinct for far longer - well before the first humans started wandering out of Africa.
No and no. I may be wrong, but seem to remember you having/had a hobby that would help identify the type of creature. Especially if you visited the Seychelles.
Yes and yes. A flightless bird thought to have been extinct for around 136,000 years after rising sea levels submerged its Aldabra home, it was found alive and well in 2019. Over to you.
The power of flight - which, being a bird, it originally had but then lost, then found again, then lost again. According to those who study such things
Is this the story about the Ukrainian medic who was captured by the Russians, found out she was pregnant while captive, and was then released and has safely delivered a baby?
Which musical group had the Christian names, Nelson, Otis, Lefty, Charlie T. and Lucky? There was just the one family name.
