Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Weird Creatures From the Lost World Volcano

This ogre faced spider actually casts a net made of web over it's victims

The bright green snake had no identification attached

White fly nymphs-(sap-suckers) have white filaments extruding from their bodies, probably to disguise their position.

The nymph of a giant shield bug. The white spots mark the openings of stink glands.

Brightly colored flower chafer - pollen eaters - active during the day

Blue weevil - the bright color is probably advertising to predators they are unpalatable.

A cousin of the jumping spider with over-developeed fangs never seen before

All these creatures were photographed by a scientific team exploring the depths of a dead volcano in New Guinea.
Forty previously unknown and undocumented species have been discovered so far, including frogs with fangs, grunting fish and giant woolly rats.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:46:00 PM

    Those are very beautiful and unusual creatures , I wonder how long before man will try to put them on display and they to will be extinct.
    I wonder what else the scientists will find there?
    It seems as if time just stood still. Do you think they adapted to their environment to suvive?

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  2. Anonymous6:47:00 PM

    These species remind me of something out of the twi-light zone.

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