animal.press

animal.press / Zu 4000 Tierstorys / Infotexte Fotos der Woche

Rückwärts Übersicht Vorwärts

n131210

#110678 Kein Model Release;

By Dan Rowlands and Dean Wilkins A bizarre new bug resembling the major 90s toy craze Troll Dolls has baffled scientists. Teams from the University of Harvard and museums around the world trekked for three weeks to explore the untouched rainforest of southeast Suriname. They made dozens of new scientific discoveries - cataloguing in incredibly SIXTY new animal species - but one little critter has proved too tricky to record. The 7mm wide, six-legged bug has been whittled down to possibly fitting into four nymph families: Dictyopharidae, Nogodinidae, Lophopidae, and Tropiduchidae. The golden insect with orange dots and stripes has an elongate body, stands in an upright position and has hair-like feelers sticking out of its abdomen, which resembles the fuzzy hair of the colourful Troll Dolls. Princeton's Dr Trond Larsen, who is a tropical ecologist and conservation biologist, spent days studying the puzzling creature. Trond said: "I have spent hours searching drawers of nymphs to compare it to other species, but have only been able to narrow it down from 16 to four. "I couldn't match it with anything we have discovered before. I can't get it into a family with certainty. "It could be any of these four we know about - but it is very difficult to tell." The international team of field biologists studied the never-before assessed mountainous region of Southeastern Suriname - a wilderness area virtually without any human influence and among the most remote and unexplored tracts of rainforest left on Earth. Suriname is located in the Guiana Shield, a vast wilderness area in South America, which contains more than 25% of the world's rainforest. The country has a relatively low population and still maintains 95% of its forest cover, but faces pressure from mining, road and dam projects. The scientists collected data on water quality and an astonishing total of 1,378 species, including plants, ants, beetles, katydids, fishes, amphibians, birds and mammals. Dr. Leeanne Alonso, the expedition's leader, said: "I have conducted expeditions all over the world, but never have I seen such beautiful, pristine forests so untouched by humans. "Southern Suriname is one of the last places on earth where there is a large expanse of pristine tropical forest. "The high number of new species discovered is evidence of the amazing biodiversity of these forests that we have only just begun to uncover." ENDS

Mehr von dieser Rubrik

>

<

Rubrik	animal.press / Zu 4000 Tierstorys / Infotexte Fotos der Woche
Dok. Autor	(c) animal-press
Dokument ID	110678
Eigenschaften	24KB , DOC
Copyright	Kein Model Release;

Die externe Redaktion

Neu im Handel

Gerettete Zicklein

Trueffelhund Woopee

Hund sammelt Plastik

Männerpaar zieht Küken auf

Unser Foto des Tages

Quokka

Klabautermann

Trommelwirbel für den Specht

Bambi-Boom in Feld und Flur

Familienleben der Löwen

Mein lieber Schwan

Zaunkönig = Schneekönig

Flamingos 37253747 XL

Scharlachibis 34856055

Papageitaucher 2084290

Fischer Tukan ID155693

A Tukan 320342584 XL

A Costa Rica Regenboge

n131210