Newly discovered species

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Electrolux addisoni is the largest known member of the electric ray family and made the list because it carries the name of a maker of vacuum cleaners--due to the "vigorous sucking action" it makes while feeding in the Western Indian Ocean.

 

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Here's another view of the Electrolux ray in action.

 

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Gryposaurus monumentensis was discovered by a team from the Alf Museum, the only nationally-accredited paleontology museum on a high school campus. This 75 million-year-old duckbill dinosaur is one of the most robust ever found.

 

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WOOOOW

 

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Desmoxytes purpurosea is a shocking pink dragon millipede that flaunts its spiny, toxic body by living out in the open.

 

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

 

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Oxyuranus temporalis could be one of the most lethal snakes ever found. Its two closest relatives are ranked first and third as the most venomous snakes in the world.

 

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Styloctenium mindorensis is a fruit bat from Philippine island of Mindoro. Alfred Russell Wallace, a colleague of Charles Darwin, discovered the only other known species of the genus.

 

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Xerocomus silwoodensis is a new species of mushroom that was discovered on Silwood Campus of Imperial College, London.

 

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Malo kingi got its name from an American tourist, Robert King, who was stung to death off Queeensland, Australia, by the second known species of the box jellyfish genus Malo.

 

[randula01]

Thanx for sharing..........
Thawa thiyenawanam danna.................

 

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Megaceras briansaltini is a rhinoceros beetle with a horn that looks similar to one found on Dim, the blue rhinoceros beetle in the Disney/Pixar animated film A Bug's Life.

 

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Tecticornia bibenda is called the "Michelin Man" plant and is one of many new species noted during environmental impact studies for mining companies.

 

[niroshan84515]

thx 4 sharing

 

[harshafx]

thanx buddy..very usefull

 

[randula01]

Xerocomus silwoodensis is a new species of mushroom that was discovered on Silwood Campus of Imperial College, London.

Pissu hedenawa..................