More than 1,200 new species have been found in the Amazon!
Over the past decade, there have been a new species discovered about every three days!
The new species include 637 plants, 257 fish, 216 amphibians, 55 reptiles, 16 birds and 39 mammals.
Some of these new critters include the first anaconda discovered since 1936, a frog with a colourful head, a parrot with a bald head, the Bolivian river dolphin and a purple tarantula.
WOW! This is amazing.
There is so much of the Amazon that has yet to be discovered we wonder how many more unknown species will be found.
[Image via AP Images.]
Oct 27, 2010 16:00pm PDT
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