Most Unusual Animals Found In The Last 20 Years
International Organization for the Protection of Wildlife conducted a study entitled "Rapid Assessment Program" throughout the world since 1990. To celebrate the 20 th anniversary, the organization made a rating of "Top 20" species of animals that were found during expeditions PBO.
Fruit bat with nose. In this fruit bat with nose, a native of the mountain ridge Mueller in Papua - New Guinea, yet has no name, but she was also seen in other parts of New Guinea.
This "salamander-stranger" had been found during an expedition to Ecuador RAP in 2009.This kind of salamander has webbed feet that help them climb the trees in tropical forests.У них также нет легких. They also do not have lungs. This new species was found in tropical rain forests in southern Ecuador.
This frog was discovered in 2008 during an expedition to the mountains Foja RAP, which are in the Indonesian province of Papua. This frog has a long, like Pinocchio, the tab on the nose, which is raised when the male is looking for a female, or down, when he was less active. His discovery was a fluke: herpetologist Paul Oliver said he was sitting on a sack of rice at the camp.
Crafty grasshopper.
This grasshopper was discovered during an expedition in 2006 in the mountains of Guyana Akarana. This is a great insect of tropical forest using two effective strategies to protect themselves: first, it looks like a fallen leaf, but if he was in danger, it raises a pair of wings with a pattern in the form of eyes and begins to jump so that his opponent received him by the head of a giant bird.
Cleaning up after the bats.
This kind of insects live only in one cave ridge Simandoa, Guinea, where they were discovered in 2002.They feed on the guano of giant fruit bats that inhabit the cave.
Old and new.
This new species belongs to a number of animals that have not changed since prehistoric times. His age has more than 300 million years. They are now found only in Central and South America and West Africa.
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