Newly discovered animal species thread....

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Something I'm extremely fascinated by is the discovery of new large species of animals not known to the Western world; mainly because I want one of each of them.

Wildlife Extra News - Giant rat and new marsupial amongst 40 new species discovered in Papua New Guinea

Those animals have never seen a human before, most likely, so they had no fear of them. Good thing Vol in IL. doesn't have plans to build a golf course near the crater of Mount Bosavi.

Although not "animals", the discovery of the remains of the Hobbits of Flores was one of the few things I have ever seen that completely blew my mind. The idea that 3 foot humans used to live on an island with pygmy elephants was just unbelievably incredible to me.

Hobbit-Like Human Ancestor Found in Asia

I will continue to add articles, (although I'm sure some will troll this thread) as most of the new discoveries are occurring in Indonesia and New Guinea. Scientists are on an exploratory tear due to the quickening deforestation of these regions of the globe and they are finding so many unknown species. Fascinating stuff!
 
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Serious , I saw a spider one time in Georgia ,researched it never could find one like it. It was orange with dark green streaks or stripes,abdomen was about one inch across.
 
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That is crazy about that spider. I truly believe we will continue to find crazy new specimens, possibly one or two that change our entire way of thinking of life....
 
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I've also seen crayfish with bright blue and pinkish colored shells .
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PoochPunt3rdDown said:
That is crazy about that spider. I truly believe we will continue to find crazy new specimens, possibly one or two that change our entire way of thinking of life....
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just look at all of the unexplored areas of the oceans ...
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possumslayer said:
just look at all of the unexplored areas of the oceans ...
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Gawd, I know. I'm sure we've all thought about it. I bet there are some really large, unknown scary ass animals lurking way down there. Can't wait until someone finds them. I've spent an inordinate amount of time pondering that development.
 
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PoochPunt3rdDown said:
Gawd, I know. I'm sure we've all thought about it. I bet there are some really large, unknown scary ass animals lurking way down there. Can't wait until someone finds them. I've spent an inordinate amount of time pondering that development.
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any time one of those shows with the deep diving subs comes on I'm glued to the TV.
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Wonders abound.....I was hiking in a remote area of northern Maine and this guy landed on my shoulder. Unlike anything I have seen before.

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