Posted on 07/11/2014 12:47:52 PM PDT by Red Badger
From a devilish-looking bat to a frog that sings like a bird, scientists have identified 126 new species in the Greater Mekong area, the WWF said in a new report detailing discoveries in 2011. But threats to the region's biodiversity mean many of the new species are already struggling to survive, the conservation group warned. "The good news is new discoveries. The bad news is that it is getting harder and harder in the world of conservation and environmental sustainability," Nick Cox, manager of WWF-Greater Mekong's Species Programme, said.
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Now does this look like a "devil" to you???
See my posts 20 and 21. And no comments about that dreadful pony episode, please.
We love bats here in Florida. People put up ‘bat houses’ like others do bird houses. Bats eat mosquitoes. We love anything that eats mosquitoes, especially bats and dragonflies......................Dragonflies eat them as both adults and in their larval stage in the water!.................
I had a bat house on the east side of the home we moved from three years ago. And not a little one . . . it was supposed to be a "nursery" house for females to raise their pups. Unfortunately, I don't think a single bat ever lived in it. The wasps took it over.
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