They've been around for five million years
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Preacher, sea parrot, lundy, bottle nose, little friar, clown of the sea: you can tell how much humans love something by the nicknames we bestow on it.

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Daily Mail scoops Press Media Title of the Year award - and more

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Labour faces backlash from Britain's largest teaching union over anti-Semitism report

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'Father of the NHS' and Labour icon Nye Bevan was monitored by MI5 for decades for signs of Soviet sympathies while leaders feared party was riddled with Communists, secret files show

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