new species found!

[twinkle toez]

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 ****inson, 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.

[Cherries in the snow]

Originally Posted by twinkle toez

The new snake species can reach a length of 31.5 inches.

EW!

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[PuPPET Master]

Originally Posted by Cherries in the snow

EW!

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Guess I won't show you mine then.

[Kiari]

Originally Posted by PuPPET Master

Guess I won't show you mine then.

Or better yet, your mom's.

[twinkle toez]

some of the peeps in here i think are throwbacks
to another time!

[Mariah]

I thought WWF stood for World Wildlife Federation.

[Delamore]

Originally Posted by Mariah

I thought WWF stood for World Wildlife Federation.

Q. What do the initials WWF stand for?
A. When WWF was first set up in 1961, WWF stood for World Wildlife Fund.

In 1986 we changed this to World Wide Fund for Nature to emphasise the broad nature of WWF's conservation work, which includes not only species, but also habitats and the reversal of environmental degradation.

However, since July 2000, WWF has been known simply by its initials, with the descriptor of 'For a Living Planet'.

boomboom.
i like the snake.
it's hot.

[lilmiss]

I thought it was wrestling

[Delamore]

that's the species of snake - white-lipped keelback.
it's quite cool.

[Chicksta]

Originally Posted by lilmiss

I thought it was wrestling

LMAO.


Oh god @ that Snake. >_>