According to http://www.news.com.au
SCIENTISTS have found a lost world of new species on an island in Papua New Guinea, including a giant rat, a frog with fangs and a fish that grunts.
SCIENTISTS have found a lost world of new species on an island in Papua New Guinea, including a giant rat, a frog with fangs and a fish that grunts.
A BBC Natural History Unit found the rat trapped in an extinct volcano - Mt Bosavi – along with up to 40 undiscovered species.
Scientist also found approximately 16 new species of frog , 20 unknown varieties of insects and spiders and what they describe as an “extremely hairy” caterpillar, and what may turn out to be a new species of bat in the area that scientists consider as being virtually unchanged since the volcano erupted 200,000 years ago!
Wow – how freaky is that!
I truly hope that these areas and the species discovered in them are protected – who knows what we can discover from them.
What do YOU think?