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An international team of researchers descending a kilometer deep into the crater of Mount Bosavi, an extinct volcano in Papua New Guinea, founds all kinds hitherto unseen life: mammals, insects, birds, amphibians...fanged frogs, grunting fish and then some. It was like some biological jackpot. and it just goes to show how important it is to preserve bio-rich rainforests the world over. For more on the New Guinea crater, read
this.
2 comments:
interesting...in 2009 we still are discovering new species...
Fanged frogs, grunting fish, tiny bear-like creatures and wooly rats...sounds like a JK Rowling invention. I wonder if tehy found any new plants? It didn't say.
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