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Stolen from the other forum. (onetruejp<3)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4135670.stm

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New lemurs found in Madagascar
Two new species of lemur have been found in Madagascar, bringing the number of known species to 49.

German and Malagasy scientists made the discovery by analysing the genetic make-up of wild lemurs.

Lemurs are considered the most endangered of all primates and live only on Madagascar which has evolved in isolation for 165 million years.

As a result, the island is now home to mammals, birds and plants that exist nowhere else on our planet.

The first new species is a giant mouse lemur known as Mirza zaza. It has a long bushy tail and is about the size of a grey squirrel.

Until now, scientists believed only one type of giant mouse lemur existed, split into two populations in the west and the north of the island.

But morphological, genetic and behavioural data shows they are in fact distinct species which diverged about two million years ago.

Mouse lemur

The second newly discovered species is a type of mouse lemur, of which nine species are now known.


LEMURS
Lemurs are the closest living analogs to our ancient primate ancestors who lived about 55 million years ago
One-third of species are extinct
Remaining species are under threat from hunting and habitat destruction

Microcebus lehilahytsara , or Goodman's mouse lemur, lives in eastern Madagascar's rainforest. It is little bigger than a mouse, with short, rounded ears and a white stripe on its nose.

"It is simply remarkable that M. lehilahytsara was obtained at Andasibe, a protected area of forest that is considered one of the best known sites on the island and is the most heavily visited by ecotourists," said Steve Goodman, a scientist with WWF and The Field Museum in Chicago, after whom the lemur is named.

"The fact that such an area holds a primate previously unknown to science underscores how much still needs to be done to document the biota of this extraordinary island."

The findings by scientists at the German Primate Centre (DPZ) and the University of Göttingen are described in the current issue of the journal Primate Report.
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:lol i came in thinking it was another one of your attention whore threads.


anyways yea never knew lemurs were actually cute.
 
Hmmmm, that lemur looks just the right size to shave, decapitate, deep fry, sprinkle with salt and serve as a snack food at a wedding buffet. I'm sure they're great dipped in honey mustard or ranch dressing.
 
after reading that wildlife in madagascar have been evolving in isolation for 100 million + years i sort of just want to go there and see how many of these exotic species i can kill.
 
Desperado said:
:lol Who didn't?
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And we all came (myself included) to give her that attention. :P

I hate it when people do copycat threads, so I'll just post a copy cat thread within this one...

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Well come on, someone must be hard at work changing it to black and white, messing with the angle and zooming in on its face.

I would myself, but it turns out paint only turns it by 90 degree intervals. Crazy.
 
Ryck said:
Yeah wow this has never happened before!
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:lol ???

Lemurnator you are weird. By the way, is your name based on Lemurs or is your interest in Lemurs (and the creation of this thread) purely coincidental?
 
I saw this thread posted on another forum, and I decided to post the same news story over here because it's fitting given my name.

I fail to see how this makes me weird. People post news stories all the time, fucking relax.
 
teiresias said:
Hmmmm, that lemur looks just the right size to shave, decapitate, deep fry, sprinkle with salt and serve as a snack food at a wedding buffet. I'm sure they're great dipped in honey mustard or ranch dressing.
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Is anyone else thinking of that Futurama episode with the Popplers? :lol
 
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