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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 08:56 PM
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'New mammal' seen in Borneo woods
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4501152.stm">'New mammal' seen in Borneo woods
By Richard Black
Environment Correspondent, BBC News website

In the dense central forests of Borneo, a conservation group has found what appears to be a new species of mammal.

WWF caught two images of the animal, which is bigger than a domestic cat, dark red, and has a long muscular tail.

Local people, the WWF says, had not seen the species before, and researchers say it looks to be new.

...

The creature, believed to be carnivorous, was spotted in the Kayan Mentarang National Park, which lies in Indonesian territory on Borneo.




Another reason to protect Borneo.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 08:59 PM
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1. Borneo again.... I knew there was something to that..... nt.
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 09:03 PM
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2. What an interesting creature
Look at those glowy eyes and monkey tail
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 09:03 PM
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3. Oh, shit.....
My mother-in-law escaped from that indentured servitude I had her in with Roto-Rooter.

Shit.

Here we go again.
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seriousstan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 09:03 PM
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4. The world's largest palm oil plantation may interfere with plans
Researchers hope to confirm the discovery by setting cage traps to catch a live specimen, but warn that Indonesian government plans to clear the rainforest to create the world's largest palm oil plantation may interfere with plans, WWF said.

The proposed plantation scheme, funded by the China Development Bank, is expected to cover an area of 1.8 million hectares, equivalent to about half the size of The Netherlands, said the WWF, formerly known as the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Gyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 09:12 PM
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5. I see a brown brontasaurus looking off to the right.
What do I win? :hi:

Gyre
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 09:16 PM
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6. Thats what I saw a first too!
You win a plastic dinosaur:
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 09:26 PM
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7. It's good to see the WWF getting involved in conservation
efforts.

I guess you get hit in the head with enough steel chairs and it makes you more sensitive to other lifeforms too.

Hulk Hogan should auction his WWF championship belt to buy land in Borneo.
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:07 PM
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13. Did you leave out the smilie face?
That's a joke, right?
It's pretty good, as a joke!
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 09:26 PM
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8. He looks kind of
marsupial like to me.
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foo_bar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 12:15 AM
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9. it's Oscar
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php?title=The_Oscar_Thread&printable=yes
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 07:30 PM
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12. The Mixed Animal makes the science forum.
Heh.
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 12:24 AM
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10. Cool, but not attractive from that angle.
Looks kinda like a cross between a rat and a bat. I like both rats and bats, but that critter is just a little, well, strange . . .

Hope it and its kin stay safe, now that we humans have spied them.
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Dead_Parrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:55 AM
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11. Lemurs in Borneo?
:shug: Looks like one to me...
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