850 New Species Discovered Underground


	850 New Species Discovered Underground

celestialdancer

9-28-2009 6:14 AM

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celestialdancer says:

You just have to look in your own backyard.

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9-28-2009 6:18 AM

celestialdancer

PS the rest of the article is also quite fascinating. Hope you enjoy.

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Down under in Australia, down underground, scientists have found 850
previously unknown species living in subterranean water, caves and
micro-caverns.
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These insects, crustaceans, spiders and worms are likely only about
one-fifth of the number of undiscovered species the researchers think
exist underground amid the harsh conditions of the Australian outback.
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"What we've found is that you don't have to go searching in the
depths of the ocean to discover new species of invertebrate animals —
you just have to look in your own backyard," said researcher Andy
Austin, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Adelaide in
Australia. [Scientists say only a <A href="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/070803_gm_numberspecies.html" linkindex="33">fraction of the species</A> of plants and animals on the planet have been discovered.]
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