Over 1000 new species found!

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081215...e_081215132156

BANGKOK (AFP) – Scientists have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday.

A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago and a cyanide-laced, shocking pink millipede were among creatures found in what the group called a "biological treasure trove".

The species were all found in the rainforests and wetlands along the Mekong River, which flows through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.

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It's AP, so can't post the whole thing.

Pretty cool.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

i thought this was funny

the Laotian rock rat, which the study said was thought to be extinct about 11 million years ago, was first encountered by scientists in a local food market in 2005, it said.

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

Funt will be most pleased to hear about that spider discovery.

[phyzik]

So your saying there's still a chance.........

[jman3000]

meh.. not really discovered... the indigenous population has most likely known of most of those for a while now.

it's cooler when they find new species in the deep ocean... cuz you know nobody's seen that .