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I got the info from this website
http://www.greenexpander.com/2007/10/15/20-new-species-from-the-lost-world/
Furry lobster
Marine biologists have
discovered a crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a hairy
lobster. The team found the animal last year in waters 2,300m (7,540ft)
deep at a site 1,500km (900 miles) south of Easter Island, an expert has claimed. Its name was
inspired by “Kiwa”, the goddess of shellfish in native Polynesian
culture and “hirsute” which means hairy. The blind creature has pincers
covered in hairy strands and has “the vestige of a membrane” instead of
eyes, Segonzac told the Associated Press.
Tree Kangaroo
The golden-mantled tree
kangaroo was discovered in December 2005 by a team of Indonesian,
Australian, and U.S. scientists, in the Foya Mountains, in the Papua proivince.
Currently, ten species are recognized in the group, nearly all of which
are threatened by habitat loss or hunting. The golden-mantled tree
kangaroo is considered as one of the most endangered of all
tree-kangaroos, being extinct in most of its original range.
Atelopus frog
The atelopus frog is just one of the
24 species discovered in
Suriname in June 2007. Found in the
Nassau Mountains, this purple fluorescent frog is on the road
of becoming the poster child for some of South
America’s tropical rainforests. With its colorful aspect,
the frog will be used to draw attention to the illegal gold mining and
droughts that threaten the area. |