Wonderful news...(1)
The rainforests of the South Nguru Mountains in eastern Tanzania were virtually unexplored until the arrival of Michele Menegon, a researcher from the Natural Science Museum of Trento, Italy, in 2004. She immediately began compiling a comprehensive list of reptile and amphibian species in the area. Five years later, a total of seventeen previously unknown species have been discovered.
Read the whole story at the link above - it will make your day.
My thanks go out to rpshen at NowPublic.
Sia
Related Links:
The Amphabian Ark Project
Life In Cold Blood
Video:
Sir David Attenborough
(1) Wonderful for it's own sake, but also when we consider that one of these little creatures may help us find a cure for cancer.
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