Female specimen of the newly identified Colostethus breweri. Credit: Charles Brewer-Carias, reproduced from Zootaxa with permission of Magnolia Press
View from inside Cueva del Fantasma, Aprada tepui, Venezuela. Note the size of the two helicopters at the entrance. This is the first geographic report and photograph of such a huge cave. Credit: Charles Brewer-Carias, reproduced from Zootaxa with permission of Magnolia Press
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2 posted on
02/22/2006 2:01:19 PM PST by
GreenFreeper
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Hmmm, that opening looks familiar....but I just can't place it.
3 posted on
02/22/2006 2:02:51 PM PST by
MadeInAmerica
( - Tested in the Middle East)
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4 posted on
02/22/2006 2:04:59 PM PST by
1rudeboy
To: GreenFreeper
Wow, those are real helicopters? That cave is gigantic. And the poison frog is even bigger!
5 posted on
02/22/2006 2:05:57 PM PST by
DannyTN
To: GreenFreeper
The area, known as the Venezuelan Guayana, is one of the most biologically rich, geologically ancient and unspoiled parts of the world.yeah...yeah...yeah...whatever. But did they find any gold? or is there something we can exploit? :)
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8 posted on
02/22/2006 2:22:59 PM PST by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
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They should try and protect this area before it becomes an amusement park for rich tourist. I'm too late, aren't I?
To: GreenFreeper
What a cool article!
That little frog reminds me of the ones we had in Panama. Little things were gold and poisonous (so we were told) and had this "Gooo" sound at night.
12 posted on
02/22/2006 2:32:29 PM PST by
Loud Mime
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13 posted on
02/22/2006 2:42:23 PM PST by
joesnuffy
(A camel once bit our sister..but we knew just what to do...we gathered rocks and squashed her!)
To: GreenFreeper
Amazing.
I hope they find some ancient human remains in there.
14 posted on
02/22/2006 2:52:18 PM PST by
blam
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This discovery, not widely reported, was detailed in the Jan. 17 issue of the journal Zootaxa. Darn!....I just canceled my subscription to Zootaxa in December!
To: GreenFreeper
That's gorgeous. I'm surpised someone isn't already living in there.
16 posted on
02/22/2006 2:57:22 PM PST by
Centurion2000
("If you're going to shoot somebody, Shoot! Don't talk!")
To: GreenFreeper
Why that could be the cave where Godzilla lives!!
These fools may have mistakenly awaken the beast! Which will rampage downtown Caracas and threaten Hugo Cha... well maybe not a total loss.
17 posted on
02/22/2006 3:00:05 PM PST by
MaDeuce
(Do it to them, before they do it to you!)
To: GreenFreeper
Picture looks like something out of an Edgar Rice Borroughs novel.
A lost world.
This planet never fails to astound!
To: GreenFreeper
Wow, amazing something that huge hasn't been discovered before. Anyone got the coordinates? Wanna check it out on Google Earth.
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An interesting thing about the Dendrobitid frogs....the poison in their skin comes from the bugs they eat. Frogs raised on non-poisonous bugs aren't poisonous themselves.
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Lost world?
Can dinosaurs be far behind.
31 posted on
02/27/2006 10:00:16 PM PST by
TASMANIANRED
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I'm in the wrong business! I should be looking for pretty frogs...
32 posted on
02/27/2006 10:08:48 PM PST by
Randy Larsen
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