Monday, July 7, 2008

Philautus maia

Philautus maia was discovered from a museum specimen collected around 1860. This species from Sri Lanka is believed to now almost be extinct.

http://www.species.asu.edu/2008_species04.php

http://www.anorak.co.uk/strange-but-true/185212.html

http://news.cnet.com/2300-11395_3-6242314-5.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

3 comments:

Sabina E. said...

daaaaamn! somebody forgot to put on some soothing skin moisturizer.

lmao

Anonymous said...

Did you hear about the 100 pound jellyfish being found in larger and larger numbers. I'd like to see a picture of those puppies!

Anonymous said...

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