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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: mishca09 on September 27, 2009, 09:20:58 AM

Title: Fanged frog eats birds
Post by: mishca09 on September 27, 2009, 09:20:58 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090925/ap_on_re_as/as_mekong_new_species (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090925/ap_on_re_as/as_mekong_new_species)

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BANGKOK ? A gecko with leopard-like spots on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds are among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group said Friday.
WWF International said that scientists in 2008 discovered 100 plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one bird species in the region. That works out to be about three species a week and is in addition to the 1,000 new species catalogued there from 1997 to 2007, the group said.
"After millennia in hiding these species are now finally in the spotlight, and there are clearly more waiting to be discovered," said Stuart Chapman, director of the WWF Greater Mekong Program.

Title: Re: Fanged frog eats birds
Post by: smokester on September 27, 2009, 09:50:25 AM

I wonder how many new species there really are in the Mekong region?

Here's that little fanged fella.

(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii319/smokeyb53/fangedfrog.jpg)

Title: Re: Fanged frog eats birds
Post by: laama on September 27, 2009, 10:51:46 AM

Probably those jungles,rivers and mountains are almost endless source to find new animal and plant species.

Title: Re: Fanged frog eats birds
Post by: Robin-Graves on September 27, 2009, 03:42:44 PM

I want one!!!!!!!

I had a frog that ate live mice,, and it had rear positioned fangs,, even was a little poisonous ( I know, It bit me and my arm went numb for a couple days)