tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38452288.post4481302787836097261..comments2023-12-29T06:36:34.291-08:00Comments on Insects Galore!: Shocking Pink Dragon Millipede - Desmoxytes purpuroseaBrittaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542979428164812662noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38452288.post-28025995103365824912010-08-10T15:00:53.304-07:002010-08-10T15:00:53.304-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813240290829967874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38452288.post-47628677467417156012008-12-15T08:23:00.000-08:002008-12-15T08:23:00.000-08:00JUST IN --- the millipede is in the 7th paragraphM...JUST IN --- the millipede is in the 7th paragraph<BR/><BR/>More than 1,000 species discovered in Mekong: WWF<BR/><BR/>BANGKOK (AFP) – Scientists have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday.<BR/><BR/>A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago and a cyanide-laced, shocking pink millipede were among creatures found in what the group called a "biological treasure trove".<BR/><BR/>The species were all found in the rainforests and wetlands along the Mekong River, which flows through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.<BR/><BR/>"It doesn't get any better than this," Stuart Chapman, director of WWF's Greater Mekong Programme, was quoted as saying in a statement by the group.<BR/><BR/>"We thought discoveries of this scale were confined to the history books."<BR/><BR/>The WWF report, "First Contact in the Greater Mekong", said that "between 1997 and 2007, at least 1,068 have been officially described by science as being newly discovered species."<BR/><BR/>These included the world's largest huntsman spider, with a leg span of 30 centimetres (11.8 inches), and the "startlingly" coloured "dragon millipede", which produces the deadly compound cyanide.<BR/><BR/>Not all species were found hiding in remote jungles -- the Laotian rock rat, which the study said was thought to be extinct about 11 million years ago, was first encountered by scientists in a local food market in 2005, it said.<BR/><BR/>One species of pitviper was first noted by scientists after it was found in the rafters of a restaurant at the headquarters of Thailand's Khao Yai national park in 2001.<BR/><BR/>"This region is like what I read about as a child in the stories of Charles Darwin," said Dr Thomas Ziegler, curator at the Cologne Zoo, who was involved in the research.<BR/><BR/>"It is a great feeling being in an unexplored area and to document its biodiversity for the first time both enigmatic and beautiful," he said.<BR/><BR/>The new species highlighted in the report include 519 plants, 279 fish, 88 frogs, 88 spiders, 46 lizards, 22 snakes, 15 mammals, four birds, four turtles, two salamanders and a toad -- an average of two previously undiscovered species a week for the past 10 years.<BR/><BR/>The report warned, however, that many of the species could be at risk from development, and called for a cross-border agreement between the countries in the Greater Mekong area to protect it.<BR/><BR/>here is the link<BR/>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081215/sc_afp/sciencethailandseasiawildlife_081215132156Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38452288.post-51948596426981704952008-06-13T12:09:00.000-07:002008-06-13T12:09:00.000-07:00Thanks alot! Means alot to me. And I will keep it ...Thanks alot! Means alot to me. And I will keep it up because I love insects and their kin.<BR/><BR/>I'm always looking for info on any insect or spider that I've just found out about.<BR/><BR/>Peace!Brittaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542979428164812662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38452288.post-29622657958679288402008-06-11T05:46:00.000-07:002008-06-11T05:46:00.000-07:00Cool article, that PDF was a really nice reference...Cool article, that PDF was a really nice reference, keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com