And just think how many new species could be found if the humans weren't destroying the rainforests of the world as such a tremendous rate!

Brett A. Wolfe
Seattle, WA (in San Joaquin Valley for summer)
m_lincolnii at yahoo.com


Lydia Bishop <gizathecat at verizon.net> wrote:
Not only has the Ivory Billed Woodpecker been discovered alive and well (at
least we hope its doing well in it's seclusion), but a new rodent has been
discovered.

One would think we would know all the animals and birds alive on our planet
in the early years of the 21st century, when something turns up that turns
our assumptions on end.

The Coelacanth fish thought to be extinct millions of years was discovered
to be alive in 1938.

The Ivory Billed Woodpecker, thought to be extinct, isn't.

A new species of bat was discovered in 1974, the "Bumblebee Bat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee_bat



And now we have the Laotian Rock Rat!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laotian_Rock_Rat

It's a odd looking beast, and I doubt it'll end up a cage critter at your
local Petco anytime soon.....

It's wonderful that we still have a lot of discovery yet to make!

LYDIA BISHOP
Near Lake Stevens, WA

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