A new species was recently discovered. According to the Conservation INternational researchers on the scout for unusual creatures were lunching at their Indonesian campsite when a frog perched on a bag of rice inside their tent.
A quick-handed herpetologist snagged the visitor for a look. The so-called “Pinocchio frog,” whose irresistible schnozz inflates and deflates, is just one of many discoveries announced this week.
Scientists also found a wee wallaby, “gargoyle-faced” gecko, blossom bat, as well as less alliterative animals, birds, and insects. Besides plenty of eye-popping online galleries, they will get a spread in the June issue of National Geographic, which co-sponsored the 2008 trip with the Smithsonian.
Its amazing that scientist continue to find new species. It just goes to show that there are so many amazing things alive and in this world that we have no idea about or have yet to disovered.