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LookieNoNookie -> RE: "Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea" (9/8/2009 5:24:49 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Vendaval
New discoveries in a rainforest! [:)]
Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea
In pictures: Lost land of the volcano
"A lost world populated by fanged frogs, grunting fish and tiny bear-like creatures has been discovered in a remote volcanic crater on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea.
A team of scientists from Britain, the United States and Papua New Guinea found more than 40 previously unidentified species when they climbed into the kilometre-deep crater of Mount Bosavi and explored a pristine jungle habitat teeming with life that has evolved in isolation since the volcano last erupted 200,000 years ago. In a remarkably rich haul from just five weeks of exploration, the biologists discovered 16 frogs which have never before been recorded by science, at least three new fish, a new bat and a giant rat, which may turn out to be the biggest in the world."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/07/discovery-species-papua-new-guinea
Isn't that just spectacular????
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