2 dozen new species discovered
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Topic: 2 dozen new species discovered
Posted By: morticia
Subject: 2 dozen new species discovered
Date Posted: 05-Jun-2007 at 11:48
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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. Here’s the article.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070604/ap_on_sc/suriname_new_species  ------------- "Morty Trust in God: She will provide." -- Emmeline Pankhurst |
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Posted By: Knights
Date 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 - ------------- |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 04:57
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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 By: Knights
Date 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 By: Aelfgifu
Date 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.
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Posted By: Knights
Date 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... ------------- |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 05:41
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Sory Knights, I can't see your picture? -------------
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Posted By: Knights
Date Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 05:45
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Really? Strange...try this link: http://www.worth1000.com/entries/47500/47638HMol_w.jpg - http://www.worth1000.com/entries/47500/47638HMol_w.jpg ------------- |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 05:58
nope  , I get an error...-------------
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Posted By: Knights
Date 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 By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 06-Jun-2007 at 06:10
 , ah, too bad I cant see it... That is hilarious!-------------
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