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Scientists find hundreds of new species in a Lost World
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| Adamo |
http://news.independent.co.uk/envir...ticle343740.ece
| quote: | 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. |
:eek: cool eh? |
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| VERTiG0 |
| Oh that is the coolest thing I've read in a long long time. |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| quote: | 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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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | 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. |
um, to boldly go where no man has gone before??? |
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| 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). |
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| smuncky |
| quote: | 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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| cyper |
Am I the only person having difficulty believing this?
It seems more like a joke then science. |
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| Truepioneer |
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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| Adamo |
| 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. |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | 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. |
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| Jem_hadar |
ing awesome.
That is cool. ^5 I want to hear more about this.
Jem |
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