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Topic: 2 dozen new species discovered Posted: 05-Jun-2007 at 11:48 |
Two dozen new species were discovered in the remote plateau of eastern Suriname (South America), including a frog with flourescent purple markings, six types of fish, 12 dung beetles and one ant species. Heres the article.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070604/ap_on_sc/suriname_new_species
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Posted: 05-Jun-2007 at 16:21 |
Wow! Thanks Morty The rainforest plateau's of central/southern America are fascinating and have an abundance of undiscovered, sometimes mystical inhabitants and settings. That Atelopus frog looks very bizarre indeed! - Knights -
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Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 04:57 |
12 dung beetles... wow. I would never have imagined there could be so many varieties of a species whose existance is based on dung!
Dungbeetles are cool though, the way they push ahead their precious balls of what the rest of us consider worthless sh*t...
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Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 04:59 |
And by golly they are very important to the ecosystem too! They -along with detritus feeders and decomposers- play a major role in removing and recycling waste products...if it weren't for them there would be a lot more ... well ... dung around the place! Very humble and modest little creatures, are those dung beetles
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Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 05:25 |
I tried to find a picture of them... but of course all papers have that radioactive frog with the article... Typical, its always the flashy attentionseekers that win out.
Well, here is an African one.
Edited by Aelfgifu - 06-Jun-2007 at 05:25
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Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 05:37 |
Great pic Aelfgifu! Such an intricately rolled little ball isn't it? You should make a topic on dung beetles, they are too cool! My contribution: ^ yet to discover that balls roll better...
Edited by Knights - 06-Jun-2007 at 05:38
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Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 05:41 |
Sory Knights, I can't see your picture?
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Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 05:58 |
nope , I get an error...
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Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 06:03 |
Never mind then...it was a dung beetle shifting a cube of dung...
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Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 06:10 |
, ah, too bad I cant see it... That is hilarious!
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