hairy-tailed rat.....new species


	hairy-tailed rat.....new species

doodleicious

3-21-2009 8:38 PM

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doodleicious says:

new finds....rare finds- gee a bunch of em -they found this one in a logging hotspot on one of the philipine islands

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3-23-2009 9:49 AM

tanyamm

Kind of cute. But really, why are all new species being found rodents?

3-23-2009 3:03 PM

doodleicious

funny- there was that bubble-headed fish a few weeks back-and the most gruesome-new tapeworm discovery recently too

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