New species discovered in Greater Mekong


	New species discovered in Greater Mekong
ofcapri
4-2-2009 7:00 PM
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Discovering new species all the time!
Among the most bizarre to be discovered was a hot-pink, spiny dragon millipede, Desmoxytes purpurosea..

The millipedes have glands that produce cyanide to protect them from predators.

Scientists believe that the shocking-pink colouration is a warning that they would make a fatal snack. "They would do well to heed this warning," concluded a WWF report on the Greater Mekong discoveries.
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4-2-2009 7:22 PM
tanyamm
Thank goodness there's some cute mammals in there. I was beginning to worry that all they were finding were creepy crawlers.
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