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SattvicMoon
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posted September 26, 2007 10:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SattvicMoon     Edit/Delete Message
An amazing news in the present day when we though the nature was losing it out!


[u] Scientists find new species in Vietnam[/u]

HANOI, Vietnam - Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) said Wednesday.

The new species were found in a remote region known as the "Green Corridor" in Thua Thien Hue province in central Vietnam, it said.

"You only discover so many new species in very special places, and the Green Corridor is one of them," Chris Dickinson, WWF's chief technical adviser in the region, said in a statement.

The new snake species, the white-lipped keelback, generally lives close to streams and eats frogs and other small animals, WWF said. It has a yellow-white stripe along its head, red dots over its body and can reach a length of 31.5 inches.

The new butterfly species are among eight discovered in Thua Thien Hue since 1996. One is a "skipper," a butterfly that flies in a quick, darting motion. It is from the genus Zela. The other is from a new genus in the subfamily Satyrinae.

Three of the new orchid species are leafless, which is unusual for orchids, WWF said.

The other new plant species include one in the aspidistra family, which produces a black flower and can subsist in low light, and an arum, which produces yellow flowers surrounded by funnel-shaped leaves, it said.

"It's great news for Vietnam," said Bernard O'Callaghan, Vietnam program coordinator for the World Conservation Union. "The jungles and mountains of Vietnam are fascinating places and they continue to surprise scientists."

All the new species are exclusive to tropical forests in Vietnam's Annamites mountain range, which offers unique habitats.

All species in the area are under threat from illegal logging, hunting and development.

Many threatened species live in the Green Corridor, including the white-cheeked crested gibbon, one of the world's most endangered primates.

Source Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070926/ap_on_sc/vietnam_new_species_1

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Nephthys
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posted September 26, 2007 05:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nephthys     Edit/Delete Message
Thank you for posting this. It is so interesting. Synchronistic, too, because I am learning about Speciation in Biology right now. Natural selection, transformation, genetic mutations, principles of use and disuse of heritable characteristics, etc. It is all connected!!

Just think how many species exist on earth, that man has not discovered!! I love to think about this!!

So, if we are a teeny tiny planet in a vast Universe, and we have so many species here, (+ many undiscovered), just think of the possibilities that could exist for life out there!

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SattvicMoon
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posted September 26, 2007 05:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SattvicMoon     Edit/Delete Message
With all the damages we are inflicting upon Mother Nature, and along with the natural progression of extinction, such news are indeed so refreshing!

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yourfriendinspirit
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posted September 26, 2007 07:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
I love it Moonie!!!
I wish that I could explore these regions myself the landscape seems so beautiful.
Thank you.

Here are some pictures of the new found species, I just found at another site
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The Green Corridor is a project which aims to help local people conserve the landscape and flora and fauna of the area


A new snake species, called white-lipped keelback


The new species include the Aspidistra nicolai - a dark blue aspidistra plant that has remarkable flowers, which are almost black

A new species of skipper from the genus Zela (butterfly)


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OMG Jay
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posted September 27, 2007 02:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OMG Jay     Edit/Delete Message
More discovered:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/27/vietnam.new.species.ap/index.html

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SattvicMoon
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posted September 27, 2007 06:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SattvicMoon     Edit/Delete Message

These are indeed quite refreshing news!

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Nephthys
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posted September 27, 2007 08:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nephthys     Edit/Delete Message
Awesome Pics!!!!

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