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They could've discovered the giant woolly rat in the streets of New York.....
A grunting fish!??!That is definately a new one. A fanged frog. Thats just out there.
Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea
The Bosavi woolly rat had no fear of humans when it was discovered.
Photograph: Jonny Keeling/BBC
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 giant woolly rat never before seen by science' Link to this audio 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.
The discoveries are being seen as fresh evidence of the richness of the world's rainforests and the explorers hope their finds will add weight to calls for international action to prevent the demise of similar ecosystems. They said Papua New Guinea's rainforest is currently being destroyed at the rate of 3.5% a year.
"It was mind-blowing to be there and it is clearly time we pulled our finger out and decided these habitats are worth us saving," said Dr George McGavin who headed the expedition.
The team of biologists included experts from Oxford University, the London Zoo and the Smithsonian Ins ution and are believed to be the first scientists to enter the mountainous Bosavi crater. They were joined by members of the BBC Natural History Unit which filmed the expedition for a three-part do entary which starts tomorrow night.
They found the three-kilometre wide crater populated by spectacular birds of paradise and in the absence of big cats and monkeys, which are found in the remote jungles of the Amazon and Sumatra, the main predators are giant monitor lizards while kangaroos have evolved to live in trees. New species include a camouflaged gecko, a fanged frog and a fish called the Henamo grunter, named because it makes grunting noises from its swim bladder.
"These discoveries are really significant," said Steve Backshall, a climber and naturalist who became so friendly with the never-before seen Bosavi silky cuscus, a marsupial that lives up trees and feeds on fruits and leaves, that it sat on his shoulder.
"The world is getting an awful lot smaller and it is getting very hard to find places that are so far off the beaten track."
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The more I see this kind of , the more I think that the chupacabra is so incredibly possible.
They could've discovered the giant woolly rat in the streets of New York.....
A grunting fish!??!
Impossible. Everyone knows the earth is only around 10,000 years old.
half bear pig half man
its cool they aren't afraid of humans
yeah..until that sum is in your front yard.
shouldn't you be posting something about olden?
that's the coolest pic i saw in the bunch. what a small ass parot!
Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.
R.O.U.S's? they are just a myth...
As long as they don't start talking:
Wait till they find a baby dinosaur, then you and your evolution buddy's like MimamiHeat are ed!
Holy freaking crap.. a talking mouse!Wait till they find a baby dinosaur, then you and your evolution buddy's like MimamiHeat are ed!
You live near Washington DC howeveah!!!
We found Giant Rats?
That's just ing awesome!
Yay!
Giant Rats!
Let's protect them and nurture them, those Giant Rats!
We are ing idiots if we do not immediately go and exterminate all those Giant Rats.
I do not want Giant Rats to be part of my ecosystem...
I do not want any Giant Ants or Giant roaches either. I'm sorry but I don't.
They're called demonrats. They serve in congress.
this reminds me of the ninja turtles
Yeah, nice appropriate segue, mouthfoamer.
No Bigfoot?
Then why did you vote for Bush 8 years ago?
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