National Geographic magazine has just published a list of the 10 most newly discovered animals in 2010, including the asexual breeding lizard Leiolepis ngovantrii in Vietnam.
National Geographic magazine has just published a list of the 10 most newly discovered animals in 2010, including the asexual breeding lizard Leiolepis ngovantrii in Vietnam.
1. The toothed leech species in the Amazon river
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Scientists have just announced the discovery of a new, very terrifying leech species living in the Amazon basin and named after Tyrannobdella rex tyrant dinosaurs due to huge teeth. Tyrannobdella rex has a small body, less than 5cm long and about 1cm across, but its teeth are huge, up to 0.013cm long and grow on a single jaw, unlike any other leech .
2. Purple octopus species
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The rare purple octopus image is one of 11 new species discovered in 2010 in the Atlantic Ocean (off Canada). They are relatively small in size compared to other octopus species and often live in waters more than 1 km deep as well as extremely cold off Canadian waters.
3. Bats are like aliens
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A fruit-eating bat with a twin-shaped nose is very similar to the alien Jedi Master Yoda in the science fiction movie "Star Wars", recently discovered in a remote tropical forest. . This fruit bat, along with the orange spider and distinct yellow frogs, is one of the first newly discovered creatures in the forest of Papua New Guinea.
4. Green yellow snail in Malaysia
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Ibycus snails with yellow and green colors were discovered on the leaves at 1,900 meters high forest in Sabah, Malaysia. They have a 4cm long tail, three times the length of the head. When mating, this snail often shoots venom containing calcium carbonate into their mates. Scientists believe that this strange way of mating helps to increase the chances of successful fertilization of the Ibycus snail. 5. Monkeys sneeze when it rains
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Scientists at the Conservation Society of Fauna & Flora International (FFI) have discovered the new upturned nose monkey, scientifically known as Rhinopithecus strykeri, in a forest above 3,000 meters above sea level on the side. northern Myanmar, near the border with China. This newly discovered monkey is about 60 cm tall and has a longer tail than its body. Their special feature is that there is no nasal bridge and often sneezes a lot when it rains. Therefore, local people can easily recognize this monkey species when it rains. To avoid sneezing, they often face their knees when it rains.
6. Wood-eating fish in Amazon
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On an expedition in the Alto Purus National Forest (Peru), scientists from the National Science Foundation of America discovered an exotic fish capable of chipping wood from fallen trees. This fish has a body length of about 70 - 80cm and is covered by thick, hard scales like an iron armor. A special feature of this fish is that they do not digest wood but only absorb the organic substances in wood such as algae, plants and small animals that live on wood. The remaining wood will be removed from the body.
7. 'Simpson' Toad
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While scouring in a forest in western Colombia in September 2010, scientists discovered three completely new amphibian species, including the toad that has a nose like this one. It has a long, pointed beak and is very similar to the character Burn - the villain in the Simpsons television series. "Simpson" toad is only 2 cm long and is believed to be one of the most exotic amphibians. They have strange reproductive behavior: skip the tadpole stage. The female lays eggs on the lower layer of the rainforest and then the eggs hatch into frogs (full of mature frog-like parts).
8. New asexual reproductive lizards in Vietnam
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Scientists at La Sierra University in (USA) have discovered a new species of asexual reproductive lizards in Vietnam. This new lizard species is named Leiolepis ngovantrii. They are able to reproduce without males. This means that female lizards will produce babies with identical genomes. This is not a rare phenomenon in lizards because about 1% of this species can reproduce themselves.
The lizard Leiolepis ngovantrii has a body length of about 11.5cm. On their backs there are pale brown spots with meshes, evenly spread from the back of the neck and small, fading at the caudal peduncle. Two pale yellow stripes run parallel to the two docks. The above colors help lizard Leiolepis ngovantrii easily blend with the color of the forest floor in the dry season to avoid enemies. 9. Deep squid
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Should this species be deep, or ink? Scientists were initially difficult to name because they had feathers on their legs to swim and had tentacles on their heads. This species has a small size, so the deep name is probably the most reasonable. Found at a depth of 2.8 km under the Celebes Sea, this 10cm long creature is the first member of the new Polychaeta family to evolve.
10. The pink fish knows how to walk in Australia
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The pink fish in this picture is using the same fins as the arms to crawl under the sea, not swimming like normal fish. This is one of nine new fish species discovered in May last year. Only four of these fish were seen and the last one was discovered on the Tasman Peninsula in 1999. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) warned that these rare fishes were may become extinct if not protected promptly.