mekong species

A cyanide-spewing millipede, a spider bigger than a dinner plate
About 600 sq. km of land around the Mekong River that runs from through Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam has at least 1,000 species of plant and animal that no scientist had ever seen before. Rabbits with stripes, Laotian rock rat . . . mmmm, good eatin'. The Times (London) via The Australian

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Posted By: Chuck - Tue Dec 16, 2008
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The WWF I thought it was called the WWE now?

Posted by avmayes614 in the wt"F"-State on 12/16/08 at 09:22 AM

The Australian, huh? I guess they like to keep tabs on whichever countries could rival them for having the most and nastiest critters roaming their wildernesses.

Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 12/16/08 at 01:23 PM

I'm all for discovering new species of plants and animals, but do we really need new spiders? And HUGE ones at that??? Someone give me a plate-sized shoe!

Posted by BikerPuppy on 12/16/08 at 01:52 PM

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