Jumpy letuchemysheryba cakes and other strange creatures, opened in 2010

Scientists have compiled a list of the ten most amazing species first described during the past year.

First place in the list took the fish, which is able to jump and at the same time like a cross between a cake and a bat with his hands. Puzzle over the name of creatures do not have to - the newly discovered species is named jumpy letuchemysheryboy cakes (the hopping pancake batfish).

The second line of the rating took the carnivorous leech found in Peru - and not just anywhere, but in the nose nine Peruvian girl, where invertebrate pick with the aim to eat. Bloodthirsty leech named in honor of T. rex as fall Tyrannobdella rex (the official name of the species) is full of nasty teeth.



The rest of the list is much more harmless creatures. In the third place, scientists placed two-meter lizard, eats some fruit. Varanus bitatawa, whose dark blue skin dotted with pale yellow-green dots, was found last year near the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Most of the time long lizard six feet six inches (2 012 m) holds in the trees.



Another large view, which came in the top 10, was the discovery in West Africa antelope Walter (Philantomba walteri). Note that the first time scientists have seen these animals in the savanna, and in a number of meat in one of the local markets.



Where less remarkable discovery (in terms of size, but not of significance) was made by researchers who studied the wreckage of "Titanic." According to microbiologists, metalloyadnaya bacterium Halomonas titanicae biosphere helps get rid of the products of human activity such as shipwrecks and oil platforms.



Also, the rating includes Jumping cockroach; Spider capable interweave their cobwebs over the entire surface of a river or lake; Cricket, which is the only pollinator rare species of orchids; Finally, the mushrooms growing under the water, and mushroom tree glowing in the dark.

Made the top list of experts of the International Institute for the study of biological species, is based on the University of Arizona in the United States. Experts selected the laureates of the many thousands of plants, animals and microorganisms. "Each of these amazing discoveries tells a story about our home planet - says Dr. Mary James, headed the Committee for the compilation of the list. - They are - pieces of the puzzle that help us to understand how the various forms of life on Earth co-exist within the same biosphere ».

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