Interesting news about animals in 2009

As a balance in nature when many animals are extinct, there have been many new species discovered in recent years. Here are the interesting news about the animal world this year voted by the Guardian (UK).

This newly discovered chameleon is called Kinyongia magomberae. Scientists discovered him in Tanzania, East Africa, when they saw a snake spitting it in a living state - Photo: Andrew Marshall / African Journal

A rare light-colored dolphin due to albinism. Photo taken at Lake Calcasieu in Louisiana, USA - Photo: Captain Erik Rue / Caters News Agency Ltd

On an expedition in Mount Bosavi in ​​Papau New Guinea, one of the most remote areas in the world, scientists have discovered many new species, including the world's largest mouse. The mouse is 82cm long and not afraid of humans like most other species - Photo: Jonny Keeling / BBC

This is a newly discovered fish off the island of Ambon, Indonesia, with the Psychedelica scientific name. This fish moves along the sea floor by bouncing up and down like a ball - Photo: David Hall / AP

Every minute, the transparent sea cucumber named Enypniastes raises tentacles about 2cm in length to move the plankton into the mouth. This strange shaped animal is found in the northern Gulf of Mexico at a depth of 2,750m, opening new human insights into the rich life of the deep ocean - Photo: Larry Madin / Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution

The first of the Victorian crested pigeons - endemic to New Guinea - was born in October at the London Zoo (UK). This bird is easily recognizable by the prominent crest on the top of the head - Photo: Zoological Society of London

Maleo is a special bird because it can fly right after hatching. This bird is easily recognizable with a crest like a helmet on its head. Maleo bird "population" is currently about 5,000-10,000 and can only be found in Sulawesi Island, eastern Indonesia. Last May, they were incubated by an environmental group dedicated to incubating a beach on Sulawesi Island - Photo: Julie Larsen Maher / WCS / AP