Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Seventeen New Species Discovered in Tanzania




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.


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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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