A cave has to have at least one entrance, right? Well, researchers in Israel recently managed to enter a sealed-off cave and in the process discovered some rather curious creatures — in particular those that no longer have eyes, yet belong to the scorpion family in a quasi-pseudo kind of way.
In April, I mentioned a similar story about a team of explorers traveling near the Himalayas, who discovered a region of land left untouched from mankind. They too found all sorts of creepy crawly critters (plus a golden monkey) that had thus been uncatalogued.
And just two months prior to that, I discussed yet another land — a remote virgin island of New Guinea – that is home to hundreds of new species including a tree kangaroo, that have evolved in order to adapt to their unique environment.
One wonders when that Darwin guy and his finches will be taken seriously…
Living in the city, it’s mindblowing to think there are parts of the world humans haven’t seen.
Comment by Ray — May 31, 2006 @ 5:55 pm
[...] A couple weeks ago I mentioned the various creatures that have been discovered this past year. Now comes word from across the pond, of a new kind of fly along with a new fungus gnat. Neither does anything specifically phenomenal — no super powers. [...]
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