Scientists discover hundreds of new species in New Guinea

[Skerik]

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article343740.ece

This is truly amazing. The thought of going to a place on Earth previously untouched and undiscovered by humans is remarkable to me. It must have been so awesome looking around seeing all these new creatures that were previously thought to be lost, or were previously unknown to exist at all. Hopefully the team of scientists can return this year to make more discoveries and catalog more creatures and plants.

It's almost like the island from King Kong or something....

[SPTO]

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Yep there's quite a few areas on earth where we haven't fully discovered. The only good thing about deforestation in the amazon rainforest is that scientists could actually discover new species.

[SlimKibbles]

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Western New Guinea, which they mention belongs to Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea is pretty amazing from everything I've heard. There are supposedly tribes of people that are cannibals and are centuries behind the rest of the world as far as technology goes. I've never understood why they haven't explored the island more, but kind of glad that something like this has been left intact. Be really interesting to see what all is there.

[triplej96]

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Not only are there places on earth we havent yet discovered but there are places in the universe that have been undiscovered to and with possibilities of inteligent life. Just amazing stuff!

[p_rushing]

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can't have a thread about this without pics, so here they are http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/even...NlYwNzc25hdg--

[shugknight]

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http://news.independent.co.uk/enviro...icle343740.ece

This is truly amazing. The thought of going to a place on Earth previously untouched and undiscovered by humans is remarkable to me. It must have been so awesome looking around seeing all these new creatures that were previously thought to be lost, or were previously unknown to exist at all. Hopefully the team of scientists can return this year to make more discoveries and catalog more creatures and plants.

It's almost like the island from King Kong or something....

They found king kong?? Holy crap!

[bryan_05]

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can't have a thread about this without pics, so here they are http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/even...NlYwNzc25hdg--

Picture 17, the dude has a bird perched on his hand. WHAT?!?

huh.... and more ... I hope the animal bit him

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060207/capt.jak12502071357.indonesia_new_species_jak125.jpg

[dkgojackets]

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oh the possiblities...

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Has Big Foot made an appearance yet? I think he got pissed off when he was filmed without his permission.

[p_rushing]

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Picture 17, the dude has a bird perched on his hand. WHAT?!?

huh.... and more ... I hope the animal bit him

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg....ies_jak125.jpg

yeah, they said that the animals were not scared of humans at all even though they couldn't find any signs of humans in the area

[garnettrules21]

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this is awesome, i bet there are alot of other areas like this where unknown species live.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I wish humans would explore the depths of the oceans.

[SPTO]

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I wish humans would explore the depths of the oceans.

Well the oceans are called "the true Final Frontier" for a reason.

picture 14, wow I don't think i've seen a frog that big in my life!

[Diadem]

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I wish humans would explore the depths of the oceans.

We'll never be able to go that deep.

[dkgojackets]

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I wish humans would explore the depths of the oceans.

Thatd be cool, but its not possible