Scientists have announced the top ten new species first described in 2008.
Shown is Opisthostoma vermiculum, a tiny land snail that curls on four different axes. Link -via the Presurfer
(image credit: Reuben Clements)
On the list are a pea-sized seahorse, caffeine-free coffee and bacteria that live in hairspray. The top 10 new species also include the very tiny (a snake just a slither longer than 4 inches or 104 millimeters), the very long (an insect from Malaysia with an overall length of 22.3 inches or 56.7 centimeters) the very old (a fossilized specimen of the oldest known live-bearing vertebrate) and the very twisted (a snail whose shell twists around four axes). Rounding out this year's list are a palm that flowers itself to death, a ghost slug from Wales and a deep blue damselfish.
Shown is Opisthostoma vermiculum, a tiny land snail that curls on four different axes. Link -via the Presurfer
(image credit: Reuben Clements)
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amazing that there's still so many other species on our own planet that we do not know of yet.
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Species not specious.
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When do they plan on putting them into an arena then having them fight to the death?
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