It was found by a beachcomber on Tasmania's west coast, the museum said.

博物馆表示，塔斯马尼亚西岸一名海滩拾荒者发现了牠。

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The note inside the bottle said, "Return to 419 Ocean Street and receive a reward of $150 from Richard and Tina Pierce, owners of the Beachcomber Motel."

瓶子里的纸条上写着：“拿到海洋街419号，就能从比奇科默汽车旅馆的老板理查德和蒂娜·皮尔斯那里获得150美元的奖励。”

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So maybe Arabia was colonized early and there was a long pause before the Beachcomber Express set off for southeast Asia?

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So a new idea was born, sometimes called the "beachcomber express, " in which the first ex-Africans were seashore dwellers who spread rapidly around the coast of the Indian Ocean, showing an unexpected skill at seafaring to reach Australia across a strait that was at least 40 miles wide.

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