THINKIES.COM » new species http://thinkies.com What do YOU think? Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 lost world found & undiscovered species! http://thinkies.com/2009/09/07/lost-world-found-undiscovered-species/ http://thinkies.com/2009/09/07/lost-world-found-undiscovered-species/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:58:06 +0000 admin http://thinkies.com/?p=70 scientist

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.

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?

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