Dec 15, 2008: Mekong Youjane

lumberjim · 12-15-2008, 11:32 AM

The Greater Mekon River region yields over 1,000 new species in the last decade.

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BANGKOK (AFP) – Scientists have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday.
A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago and a cyanide-laced, shocking pink millipede were among creatures found in what the group called a "biological treasure trove".
The species were all found in the rainforests and wetlands along the Mekong River, which flows through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.

wolf · 12-15-2008, 11:35 AM

I thought we killed all of that with the Agent Orange ... or are these the mutations we were warned about?

Trilby · 12-15-2008, 11:59 AM

Ok. a cyanide laced shocking pink millipede counts as a "treasure trove"? What does that make me then?

barefoot serpent · 12-15-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Ok. a cyanide laced shocking pink millipede counts as a "treasure trove"? What does that make me then?

mere words fail to describe you

HungLikeJesus · 12-15-2008, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

mere words fail to describe you

Ah, just like that discussion of "holiness."

Diaphone Jim · 12-15-2008, 04:27 PM

wtf "Youjane?"

lumberjim · 12-15-2008, 04:31 PM

me tarzan, you jane.
meh?

footfootfoot · 12-15-2008, 04:46 PM

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A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago

Who's behind is the giant rat of Sumatra?

TheMercenary · 12-15-2008, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Ok. a cyanide laced shocking pink millipede counts as a "treasure trove"? What does that make me then?

A shocking pink cyanide laced humanoid.

ZenGum · 12-15-2008, 05:09 PM

Oh great, I've been eating cyanide-laced humanoid ice-cream for the last 8 weeks. You guys could have told me.

Cloud · 12-15-2008, 05:14 PM

a spider the size f a dinner plate?

uh . . . NO!

Diaphone Jim · 12-15-2008, 06:38 PM

Youjane: A thousand pardons. It hit me an hour or two later.
Youfay or Youann would have hit sooner.
The Mekong area in 1966 had nasty ants and scorpions and the rubber plantations had huge spiders just at eye level.

hipshot · 12-15-2008, 09:09 PM

That pit viper just oozes attitude. I'm pretty sure he's flaring his nostrils at me!

sweetwater · 12-16-2008, 10:24 AM

The snake's color is so rich, its pattern simple and elegant. Quite beautiful, even if it does seem to be considering recipes for human. But the millipedes are the color of slobbered-on cotton candy. Interesting critters, but I'm grateful these are still images and not movies. ::shudders::

SquidGirl · 12-16-2008, 03:54 PM

There is something I like about being alive during the discovery of new species.

12-15-2008, 11:35 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I thought we killed all of that with the Agent Orange ... or are these the mutations we were warned about? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-15-2008, 11:59 AM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Ok. a cyanide laced shocking pink millipede counts as a "treasure trove"? What does that make me then? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-15-2008, 04:31 PM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	me tarzan, you jane. meh? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-15-2008, 05:09 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Oh great, I've been eating cyanide-laced humanoid ice-cream for the last 8 weeks. You guys could have told me. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-15-2008, 05:14 PM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	a spider the size f a dinner plate? uh . . . NO! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-15-2008, 04:27 PM	#6
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	wtf "Youjane?"

12-15-2008, 06:38 PM	#12
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Youjane: A thousand pardons. It hit me an hour or two later. Youfay or Youann would have hit sooner. The Mekong area in 1966 had nasty ants and scorpions and the rubber plantations had huge spiders just at eye level.

12-15-2008, 09:09 PM	#13
hipshot Enlarged to show texture Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 80	That pit viper just oozes attitude. I'm pretty sure he's flaring his nostrils at me! __________________ "When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car."

12-16-2008, 10:24 AM	#14
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	The snake's color is so rich, its pattern simple and elegant. Quite beautiful, even if it does seem to be considering recipes for human. But the millipedes are the color of slobbered-on cotton candy. Interesting critters, but I'm grateful these are still images and not movies. ::shudders:: __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

12-16-2008, 03:54 PM	#15
SquidGirl Colloquialist Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cavern in Mount Pleasant, MI Posts: 79	There is something I like about being alive during the discovery of new species.

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