The Cellar - Dec 15, 2008: Mekong Youjane

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lumberjim

12-15-2008 11:32 AM

Dec 15, 2008: Mekong Youjane

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http://cellar.org/2008/centipede.jpg

The Greater Mekon River region yields over 1,000 new species in the last decade.

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BANGKOK (AFP) – Scientists have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday.
A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago and a cyanide-laced, shocking pink millipede were among creatures found in what the group called a "biological treasure trove".
The species were all found in the rainforests and wetlands along the Mekong River, which flows through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.

wolf	12-15-2008 11:35 AM

I thought we killed all of that with the Agent Orange ... or are these the mutations we were warned about?

Trilby

12-15-2008 11:59 AM

Ok. a cyanide laced shocking pink millipede counts as a "treasure trove"? What does that make me then?

barefoot serpent

12-15-2008 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 513831)

Ok. a cyanide laced shocking pink millipede counts as a "treasure trove"? What does that make me then?

mere words fail to describe you:)

HungLikeJesus

12-15-2008 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent (Post 513873)

mere words fail to describe you:)

Ah, just like that discussion of "holiness."

Diaphone Jim

12-15-2008 04:27 PM

wtf "Youjane?"

lumberjim

12-15-2008 04:31 PM

me tarzan, you jane.
meh?

footfootfoot

12-15-2008 04:46 PM

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A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago

Who's behind is the giant rat of Sumatra?

TheMercenary

12-15-2008 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 513831)

Ok. a cyanide laced shocking pink millipede counts as a "treasure trove"? What does that make me then?

A shocking pink cyanide laced humanoid.

ZenGum

12-15-2008 05:09 PM

Oh great, I've been eating cyanide-laced humanoid ice-cream for the last 8 weeks. You guys could have told me.

Cloud

12-15-2008 05:14 PM

a spider the size f a dinner plate?

uh . . . NO!

Diaphone Jim

12-15-2008 06:38 PM

Youjane: A thousand pardons. It hit me an hour or two later.
Youfay or Youann would have hit sooner.
The Mekong area in 1966 had nasty ants and scorpions and the rubber plantations had huge spiders just at eye level.:eek:

hipshot

12-15-2008 09:09 PM

That pit viper just oozes attitude. I'm pretty sure he's flaring his nostrils at me! :eek3:

sweetwater

12-16-2008 10:24 AM

The snake's color is so rich, its pattern simple and elegant. Quite beautiful, even if it does seem to be considering recipes for human. But the millipedes are the color of slobbered-on cotton candy. Interesting critters, but I'm grateful these are still images and not movies. ::shudders::

SquidGirl

12-16-2008 03:54 PM

There is something I like about being alive during the discovery of new species.

Gravdigr

12-16-2008 06:56 PM

Concerning the snake: I think a hand grenade would do wonders for him. The red of his guts strewn about combined with the green of his scales, very christmassy.:D

SpaceKid

12-17-2008 07:47 AM

Have you ever looked at this creature like this :

eyes = horns
nostrils = eyes
mouth = mouth

http://spacekid.fm.interia.pl/images/snake.jpg

What you see NOW?

...no wonder why this creature is a symbol of (D)evil...

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