Monday, June 13, 2011

Ten New Species of 2010: the same fish as pancake

Despite the sixth mass extinction of species, but in 2010 the world was discovered 1,300 new species. Recently, the International Association of selected species investigation of the "2010 Best Ten new species."

Darwin bark spiders: weaving the world's largest network

This spider web woven around the rivers, streams and lakes. Darwin bark spider can weave a spider web 2.8 square meters, more than any other species have a large network of woven ring, they spit out the spider silk to Bidu Bang produced a solid 10 times Kevlar is the strongest known biological materials.

Fluorescent mushroom: 24 hours blooming yellow, and green light

This mushroom live in the forest near Sao Paulo, Brazil, the fluorescence can be issued 24 hours a day. Its body with a resin, will issue a brilliant yellow green. With it, the world 1.5 million kinds of species, can emit bioluminescence of fungi species to 71 species.

Fresh Rust Titanic: Steel nemesis

Researchers at the rusting wreckage of the Titanic discovered fresh traces of rust, the rust will eat the adhesion surface of the steel and rust, with the help of other organisms, engulfed the wreck of metal. If the corrosion has been down, these bacteria will eat the Titanic was erased. The researchers believe that these bacteria can be used to explain why some other shipwrecks will be broken.

Gold spot lizards: low-key Giants

This is a lizard skin with golden spots, the body for up to two meters. It lives in forests near the island of Luzon in the Philippines, scientists believe that although the body lizards glittering gold plaque, but most of the time because it lives in trees, so it has never been found.

Pollination cricket: Post to orchid pollination

The crickets living in the French island of Reunion, is a form of ear-piercing sound of the crickets will be issued subspecies. However, this cricket is particularly special, it can be a local rare orchid pollination.

Springbok new species: the new darling of the jungle

This is a new species of springbok, people in West Africa, bush meat market of wild animals found in it. Now, scientists also need to further search for its appearance and description. In West Africa, there are many wild animals are slaughtered for consumption or use in some ceremony.

Leech tyrant: jaw teeth have a lot of the same

The leech up to 5 cm, is the only known jaw and long teeth with leeches. For the first time found that the leech, it was posted in Peru on a child's nasal mucosa. Currently, scientists have found six seven hundred kinds leech, it is estimated that the global total of about ten thousand kinds of leeches.

Mushroom with gills: gills entirely underwater life

Rogge Ohio River in the clean and cold water, and live in a strange underwater creatures. Associated with the gills in close observation of this mushroom over 11 weeks, that this is the first live underwater mushrooms.

Jump cockroaches: like Grasshopper, like jumping

Previously, people thought that this would jump cockroaches live only in the late Jurassic; last year, it resurfaced in South Africa. Compared with other cockroach, dragonfly jump jumping leg structure is very suitable, and its tentacles have a unique fixed point, you can jump when the stability of the body. Are, therefore, that cockroaches can jump like a grasshopper as freely.

Louisiana bat fish: the fish of the same as pancake

See it, you can not think that this is a pancake. This strange fish is the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, recently discovered, it lives in the depths, with its sharp fins to help jump. However, because the oil spill, the future of this species may be bleak.

Jin Yu

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