Linkhttp://wdin.blogspot.com/, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-species-himalayas
The most interesting thing to arrive in my email this morning was a posting from the Wildlife Disease News Digest about the discoveries of new species. The pick-up came from the Scientific American and you can see a slide show of seven of those species here.
Datelined Aug 28th and headlined A Decade of New Species Discoveries in the Himalayas it is well worth a look. The first sentence goes like this.
"The remote eastern Himalayas--home to tiny deer and big vipers--have offered enterprising researchers a wealth of new species to document and describe."
Of course for most of us there is no chance of ever seeing any of these creatures, but just knowing they are there is somehow heartening.
Enjoy!
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