Thursday, February 09, 2006

LOST WORLD STUNS SCIENTISTS

Jakarta, Indonesia -- Scientists describing a lost world -- apparently never visited by humans -- said Tuesday they also saw large mammals that have been hunted to near-extinction elsewwhere and discovered dozens of exotic new species of frogs, butterflies and palms.
"We've only scratched the surface ," said Bruce Beehler, a co-leader of the monthlong trip to the Foja Mountains, and area with 2 million acres of pristine tropical forest. Posted by Picasa


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