documentaries in collaboration with Conservation International is a great time to choose their favorite ten species discovered in the last ten years. clicking here you can read the article in English and see the pictures, will report briefly the list below:
1) Tiburon granrojo: nicknamed "Big Red" is an abysmal medusona red one meter in diameter, thanks to the discovery 'use of underwater cameras.
2) Phobaeticus chani: more than half a meter long, is the insect (stick) longest in the world.
3) Rhynococyon udzungwensis: This elephant shrew has been discovered by an Italian. Woot! We are not always useless (only most of the time)!
4) Hemiscyllium Gale: the "bamboo shark, scientists have auctioned the right to give the name and used the funds in marine environmental protection.
5) Phragmipedium Kovach: huge pink orchid, discovered for the first time in illegal possession of a dealer of rare flowers.
6) Rungwecebus kipunji: not only a new species, but also the first new monkey genus discovered since 1920.
7) Nepenthes palawanensis: large pitcher plant pitcher plant (a "funnel")
8) Cyrtodactylus macrotuberculatus: There are two varieties of this gecko, a forest and a cave.
9) Bradypus pygmaeus: ... guess. It has evolved in just 9000 years of isolation on an island, a short time in the history of life on earth.
... Hey, they forgot to put the number 10! Oh, well. As you can see, the list is more of a fun, and the species were chosen, since the goal of "make a documentary, mostly based on what is visible: 5 vertebrates, invertebrates, 2 large, 2 large plants. Although it is true that finding new species of large organisms is rare and difficult, I'm sure many other species, far more strange and interesting, they could enter the list. And since the position was apparently vacant, I propose to assign the number ten spot in a brand new come, Synthia, the first synthetic organism, created this year by the work of Craig Venter. It will be artificial, but it is a new species, right? It seems to me that the second birth of life on this earth is not just stuff.
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