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New Animal Species Found in Calif. Caves
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060118/ap_on_sc/new_species ^
| January 18, 2006
Posted on 01/18/2006 9:33:56 AM PST by mlc9852
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Spiders, centipedes and scorpion-like critters are among the 27 new animal species that biologists have discovered in the dark, damp caves of two Central California national parks, officials announced Tuesday.
The finds were made during a three-year study of 30 caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. Many of the creatures live only in caves and some only in one particular cave of Sequoia and Kings Canyon, according to the study, conducted by park staff and biologists from Austin, Texas-based Zara Environmental .
"We thought we might find a handful of new species," said Joel Despain, cave specialist for the parks. "It was amazing to find 27."
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: biology; ecoping; environment; esa; nationalparks; species; taxonomy
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posted on
01/18/2006 9:33:57 AM PST
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mlc9852
To: GreenFreeper
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posted on
01/18/2006 9:39:32 AM PST
by
RightWingAtheist
(Creationism Is Not Conservative!)
To: mlc9852
The "naked woman on car" gets 34 replies and this gets 1! Go figure!
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01/18/2006 10:05:29 AM PST
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mlc9852
To: mlc9852
I have a cat that will clean out those caves in short order.
To: blam; Carry_Okie; Chanticleer; ClearCase_guy; cogitator; CollegeRepublican; ...
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Always interesting to hear of new endemic species being described.
This is an photo of a pseudo-scorpion provided by Zara Environmental that was recently found in a cave in Sequoia National Park and has been identified as a new species of invertebrate. Spiders, centipedes and scorpion-like critters are among the 27 new animal species that biologists have discovered in the dark, damp caves of two Central California national parks, officials announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Zara Environmental, Jean Krejca via the National Park Service)
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01/18/2006 11:55:35 AM PST
by
GreenFreeper
(Not blind opposition to progress, but opposition to blind progress)
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To: mlc9852
Kill it! It looks dangerous!
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01/18/2006 12:20:43 PM PST
by
manwiththehands
(The only politician worse than a crooked democRat is a crooked Republican.)
To: mlc9852
Cool!
I like these stories.
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posted on
01/18/2006 12:22:19 PM PST
by
najida
(OK, so we have this problem with the paint cans sticking to the floor.....)
To: Pookyhead
IMO, it is highly likely that we will discover many forms of life when we are able to explore space and other planets.
I agree.
Life is a tenacious force that will endeavor to fill any environment it encounters.
I think we'll find a universe teaming with life, most of it simplistic, like democrats, but some remarkably advanced and intelligent, like
us.:)
To: mlc9852
The "naked woman on car" gets 34 replies and this gets 1! Go figure!
No kidding, hopefully it wasn't part of a PeTA protest. Neat news, good post. Interesting how little we know about the natural world.
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01/18/2006 12:57:07 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Aspiring CEO of a multinational corporation)
To: mlc9852
The "naked woman on car" gets 34 replies and this gets 1! Go figure! Let's see: Look at naked woman. Look at bugs. Look at naked woman. Look at bugs. It's a toss-up but I think I'd prefer the naked woman (Too bad there were no pictures there. :^))
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posted on
01/18/2006 1:30:51 PM PST
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John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: GreenFreeper
That critter isn't new, those guys just spend too much time in the office. They can be found throughout the central sierra.
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01/18/2006 1:48:42 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
To: John O
LOL - too bad there wasn't a naked MAN on the car! (I'm a woman)
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01/18/2006 1:50:22 PM PST
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mlc9852
To: GreenFreeper
One of these days someone is going to find trilobites crawling around on a deep ocean floor and sh*t themselves silly. ha ha.
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01/18/2006 2:18:50 PM PST
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
To: mlc9852
LOL - too bad there wasn't a naked MAN on the car! (I'm a woman) no that wouldn't work. If there were both it could end up denting the hood. That would just be wrong.
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posted on
01/18/2006 2:32:53 PM PST
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John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: mlc9852
New spiders. Great. Just great.
To: mlc9852
thanks for notifying me of a thread I missed
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01/18/2006 2:45:10 PM PST
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wallcrawlr
(http://www.bionicear.com/)
To: John O
LOL - yes it would. Now, Camaro hoods...LOL
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01/18/2006 2:58:22 PM PST
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mlc9852
To: wallcrawlr
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01/18/2006 3:00:25 PM PST
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mlc9852
To: ImaGraftedBranch
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01/18/2006 3:09:23 PM PST
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Ultra Sonic 007
(The opposite of Progress is Congress)
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