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Ain't nature blooming luvverly..?

A break from fatwas, feringhis and wilful fireraising.

An international team of scientists says it has found a "lost world" in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of new animal and plant species.

A summary of the team's main discoveries:

  • A new species of honeyeater, the first new bird species discovered on the island of New Guinea since 1939
  • The formerly unknown breeding grounds of a "lost" bird of paradise - the six-wired bird of paradise (Parotia berlepschi)
  • First photographs of the golden-fronted bowerbird displaying at its bower.
  • A new large mammal for Indonesia, the golden-mantled tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus pulcherrimus)
  • More than 20 new species of frogs, including a tiny microhylid frog less than 14mm long
  • A series of previously undescribed plant species, including five new species of palms
  • A remarkable white-flowered rhododendron with flower about 15cm across
  • Four new butterfly species

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"A break from fatwas, feringhis and wilful fireraising." You starry-eyed optimist you: there are those who think that the Indonesians are indulging in a bit of East-Timor-style misbehaviour there.

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