An astonishing mist-shrouded "lost world" of previously unknown and rare animals and plants high in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea has been uncovered by an international team of scientists.
Among the new species of birds, frogs, butterflies and palms discovered in the expedition through this pristine environment, untouched by man, was the spectacular Berlepsch's six-wired bird of paradise. The scientists are the first outsiders to see it. They could only reach the remote mountainous area by helicopter, which they described it as akin to finding a "Garden of Eden".
In a jungle camp site, surrounded by giant flowers and unknown plants, the researchers watched rare bowerbirds perform elaborate courtship rituals. The surrounding forest was full of strange mammals, such as tree kangaroos and spiny anteaters, which appeared totally unafraid, suggesting no previous contact with humans.
cool eh?
Feb-07-2006 02:58
VERTiG0
cunning linguist.
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: no longer Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Oh that is the coolest thing I've read in a long long time.
Feb-07-2006 03:11
Cosmic Fur
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Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Mississauga, Canada
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Originally posted by VERTiG0
Oh that is the coolest thing I've read in a long long time.
QFT.
I wonder how cool it must feel to be the scientists - to be where no humans have ever been before, and to observe with your own eyes what no one else saw before.
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Feb-07-2006 03:43
rabbitjoker
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto, ON, CANADA
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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
to be where no humans have ever been before, to observe with your own eyes what no one else saw before.
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Feb-07-2006 03:49
Cosmic Fur
Debbie Downer
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Mississauga, Canada
Fine, I'll add a 'and' after the comma. Everyone knows there's nothing to see on the moon (I hope that's what you were referring to).
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Feb-07-2006 03:51
smuncky
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Location: richmond hill, ontario, canada
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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
Fine, I'll add a 'and' after the comma. Everyone knows there's nothing to see on the moon (I hope that's what you were referring to).
i think he was referring to star trek
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Feb-07-2006 03:54
Engine9
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pics plz!
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Feb-07-2006 04:01
cyper
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Location: Guelph, Canada
Am I the only person having difficulty believing this?
It seems more like a joke then science.
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Feb-07-2006 04:08
Truepioneer
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Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Bristol, UK
It would be nice to believe. The Independant is a pretty well known paper.
Would be nice to see pics of these animals.
If they photographed the gaint squid why not these???
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Feb-07-2006 04:18
Adamo
womp womp
Registered: Jul 2005
Location: Mississauga
the second I find out this was fake or something like that I'm gonna delete this thread and ban myself from TA. I hate making a fool of myself where I say or believe one thing to other people and then it turns out it was fake or wrong.
Feb-07-2006 04:26
VERTiG0
cunning linguist.
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: no longer Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
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Originally posted by Truepioneer
Would be nice to see pics of these animals.
If they photographed the gaint squid why not these???
Obviously they didn't want to steal the untouched animals' souls.
Come on now.
Feb-07-2006 04:35
Jem_hadar
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Pandora (South of Nowhere)
Fucking awesome.
That is cool. ^5 I want to hear more about this.
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