52 New Species Discovered!?

[wendywc]

Anyone see this in the news? I stumbled upon this article.

http/www.happynews.com/news/9192006/shar...-discovered.htm

Erdmann and his team claim to have discovered 52 new species, including 24 new species of fish, 20 new species of coral and eight new species of shrimp. Among the highlights were an epaulette shark that walks on its fins, a praying mantis-like shrimp and scores of reef-building corals, he said.

And now I'm checking out their website... nice pictures for sure.
http/www.conservation.org/xp/frontlines/2006/09180601.xml

 

[demonmagus]

wow those fish look awesome, still a bit weird, 52 new species wow

 

[i_ganjaman]

seen the walking shark on a program about this couple who have spent their lives filming and studing sharks,cant remember their names.they also helped on the jaws films....just found thir names Ron and Valarie Taylor, world renowned marine filmmakers and shark experts...
it was absolutly mad watching it walk about like a little shark dog on the bottom of the sea......mad world init

Ron and Valarie Taylor,has filmed this shark....its old news so i dont know about the discovering bit...they must be pissed

 

[SarahFish]

now i can say that is a great article, thanks for linking it

lol i'd read this king of thing on a dayly basis

 

[Lynden]

"New To Science"? That's funny, I've seen most of those species before

-Lynden

 

[i_ganjaman]

"New To Science"? That's funny, I've seen most of those species before

-Lynden

Thats what i thought

 

[raptorrex]

"New To Science"? That's funny, I've seen most of those species before

-Lynden

Thats what i thought

dont know about the rest, but the report i saw on tv, stated that it was a unknown type of this walking shark they had found.